Sandra McDonagh (neé Schwarz) is a writer, mother of three and Iives in Brighton Uk . She has just finished writing her debut book: 'My Vegan Great Grandma & Me' which is currently sitting with her agent in London.
She has also studied holistic vegan and raw food nutrition and holds a diploma in holistic vegan nutrition.
Gabriella Iaroslavitz is a 19 year old college student who is half Israeli and fully Jewish with Israeli citizenship.She has been heavily involved with the Union for Reformed Judaism’s youth movement and summer camps. She has worked with the Anti-Defamation League on projects from as young as middle school.
Ronit Bergman is the author of three books of poetry: Honey Lasso (ILI ILI, 2012), The Hair of my Heart (PNV Publikacii, 2011), and A Grave of Your Own (Gvanim, 2007). She is the recipient of the Scholarship of Excellency for the discipline of literature, awarded by the Israeli Ministry of Culture, Science and Sports in 2007. Her work has appeared in Shvo (Editorial of Even Hoshen), Proza, and Iton 77 in Hebrew; and in The San Diego State University Press Poetry International, Slovokult, Nashe Pismo, La Mangrana, and elsewhere in English and Macedonian. She has recorded her poetry with her three alternative rock bands (Plastic Venus, One Of Us, and Undone) in 13 music albums, published by indie Israeli and UK record labels (Dental, Swim, The Third Ear, Earsay Records, Fact records, Fruit De Mer) and by her own label Meeting Tent. Her most recent album is “To My Nervous System With Love” (2022). In 2022, she began her self-challenge online project “1000 Days To Wisdom”. She has lived in Israel, the USA, the UK, and now lives in Skopje, North Macedonia.
Marnie Perlstein is a Sydney based antisemitism advocate and a cheerleader for Jewish education.
Denise Ellenberg is a lifelong resident of the greater Kansas City area. She is a career Jewish and secular educator for children of all ages. She has won numerous teaching awards and continues personally and professionally to promote change through action.
Magdalena Ball is a novelist, poet, and managing editor of Compulsive Reader. Her stories, editorials, poetry, reviews and interviews have appeared in a wide number of journals and anthologies, and have won local and international awards. She is the author of several novels and poetry books, most recently, Bobish, a verse-memoir published by Puncher & Wattmann in 2023. Find out more at her website: http://www.magdalenaball.com
Karen Paul is a writer in Takoma Park, MD and received her MFA from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. She is the principal of Catalyzing Philanthropy, a fundraising and development consultancy. She is working on a memoir in essay form about grief, trauma and widowhood.
Sara is a multi disciplinary creative spending her time in the hills fermenting wild foods, painting, writing stories, making music and creating beautiful spaces through interior design.
Susan is a mentor for Pathways Australia, an organisation that supports people questioning their orthodox lifestyle. She became a practicing Jew while living in New York, where she met her husband who was on the same path. They returned to Australia in 1981, got married and had 4 children. Her marriage ended and so did her orthodox life style. She is volunteer guide and facilitator at the Melbourne Holocaust Museum.