is a freelance journalist living in Brooklyn with her husband and two Jewish day-school-attending children. She is a former investigative reporter and deputy managing editor at The Jewish Week and holds a master's in journalism from Columbia University. She has covered politics and education for daily news outlets including The Journal News (White Plains), CBS, and the Jersey Journal (Jersey City).
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