Yael Levy

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Jul 19, 2018, 12:06 PM

Education is our Birthright

When young adult guests of Birthright stage a walk-off and seek public donations to fund their potential legal battle with the organization—it is time to think about how to better educate American Jewish youth. There is no reason for a...

May 6, 2015, 4:45 PM

Orthodox Education: A Holy Mess

Many withstand undue financial hardships in order to give their children a Jewish education and hope they will stay within the fold. But are Jewish children in the U.S. being taught what they need to know? With rates of...

Mar 2, 2015, 12:42 AM

Bibi’s Right to Speak

After a bloody European history of religious warfare, the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, was one of the most courageous concepts of its time: To peaceably assemble, to redress government grievances, to have freedom to...

Jan 16, 2013, 12:24 AM

During the course of her many years as the coordinator of the annual Jewish Children’s Book Writers’ & Illustrators Conference (formerly at the 92nd Street Y in New York City), as well as throughout her career as a literary...

Jun 26, 2012, 5:31 PM

Minority report: A Jewish freshman at Georgia State

I was saving myself from the indentured servitude which is Jewish American education -- but I was also condemning my daughter in the prime of her youth to not date for the next four years

Jun 21, 2012, 5:00 AM

Leah Cypess: Young Adult Fantasy Novelist & Jewish Mom

Hailing from Brooklyn, NY and currently living in Brookline, Massachusetts (a suburb of Boston), Leah Cypess publishes regularly in various short story magazines and is the author of the critically acclaimed teen novels, Mistwood and Nightspell (Greenwillow/ HarperCollins). Married with three...

Jun 5, 2012, 3:19 AM

Orthodox Jewish Mom & Best Selling Author

Meet Dinah Bucholz-- Orthodox Jewish Mom & Best Selling Author of The Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook: Originally from Monsey, NY, and now living in Philadelphia, PA, Author Dinah Bucholz is married and has four kids, ages 13, 11, 9, and...

May 23, 2012, 1:36 AM

Young Adult Novelist, Dr. Leah Scheier

Forget “Rabbi, Dr., Ph.D.” “Pediatrician, Jewish Mom and Author” is way cooler. Hailing from Baltimore, MD (and a 3 year stint in Atlanta, GA) Dr. Scheier made aliyah to Israel four years ago with her husband and three children. They currently...

May 17, 2012, 6:42 PM

That’s something — right?

'He has to train before army service?' I asked, and wondered if I should wear the red dress with the pink print, or the pink dress with the red print

Mar 5, 2012, 2:36 PM

Anna Levine: Israeli Author, Western Audience

A Canadian- Israeli author of a number of books for children and young adults, Anna Levine’s most recent picture book, “Jodie’s Passover Adventure” is a joyous and playful holiday book set in Israel. Besides her wonderful use of evocative...

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About Me

Yael Levy holds a J.M. in Law & Religion from Emory University School of Law. She is the author of Brooklyn Love.