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Author Wendy Shalit Explains Privacy in a Public World & Other Orthodox Jews in the News

Author Wendy Shalit Explains Privacy in a Public World & Other Orthodox Jews in the News

Welcome to “JITC’s Weekly Round-Up:” a new weekly post we’ll be putting out every Friday which collects all of the positive news stories about Orthodox Jews we found from that week.

KJ Resident Turns Yeshiva’s Refusal Into Positive Experience, Graduates From YU After being rejected from a yeshivah in his own community, Elimelech Wagschal successfully graduated from Yeshiva University this week.

A Return to Modesty: An Interview with Wendy Shalit. An interview with Orthodox Jewish author Wendy Shalit, whose book “articulates the deeply confusing cultural message of what it means to be powerful women in an age where we’re told to keep nothing private.”

How One Exec Runs Busy Digital Agency While Staying True to Her Faith. One of JITC’s 2013 Orthodox Jewish All Star – Global CEO of 36OI, Sarah Hofstetter was profiled this week in Ad Age on balancing work and Orthodox Judaism.

Rolling Stones to Start Israel Show Later to Enable Observant Jews to Attend The Rolling Stones don’t roll on Shabbos (or Yom Tov)!

A Man of Many Talents Read about Elliot Schwab, an Orthodox Jewish Harvard Law School recent grad with an eclectic set of interests!

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Pinchos Woolstone says on May 30, 2014
you are doing a terrific job keep on going,
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Allison Josephs is the founder and executive director of Jew in the City has been involved in the field of Jewish Outreach for over twenty years and is the Partner in Torah mentor to actress Mayim Bialik. She was named one of NJOP’s Top Ten Jewish Influencers and one of the Jewish Week’s 36 under 36. Allison has been quoted or written about in numerous publications, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, People Magazine, NYPost, Daily News, TMZ, The Daily Beast, and Hollywood Reporter. She has appeared on numerous television and radio networks including CBS, ABC, Fox5, TLC, Associate Press TV, and NPR; her articles have appeared in publications including The Washington Post, JTA, Jewish Week, Jerusalem Post, The Forward, and Kveller. Pearson Education, the largest textbook company in the world, produced a video segment on Allison’s life for the Judaism chapter of their textbook. She is a sought-after international lecturer whose corporate clients include Con-Edison and NYU Langone and hosts a weekly podcast on the Nachum Segal Network. She received her Bachelor of Arts from Columbia University in Philosophy and lives with her husband and four children minutes from the George Washington Bridge.