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Hello!
I'm a freelance writer and editor who has written for The New York Times (Styles, Dining, Metro, Arts, Real Estate, House & Home and Travel sections), Cosmopolitan, The Christian Science Monitor, Monocle, Babble, Salon, Slate, Tablet, The Forward, Time Out New York Kids, New York Magazine, Spin, several anthologies and other publications. I was the founding editor and publisher of Heeb Magazine as a recipient of the Joshua Venture Fellowship for young Jewish social entrepreneurs, and I was subsequently a reporter for the City section of The New York Times for four years. I'm an adjunct professor at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University and I do occasional ghost writing, grant writing, consulting and documentary film production for projects I love. I graduated from Columbia University and live in Brooklyn with my incredible husband and delightful daughter and son.
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Select articles
TheAtlantic.com
The Duck Who Shared Her Eggs: How Modern Children's Books Approach Reproduction April 10, 2013
City Pages
Change of Heart: Patty Wetterling Questions Sex Offender Laws March 20, 2013
Slate
Why Aren't We Doing More To Stop Child Pornography Before It Starts? January 25, 2013
How Can We Stop Pedophiles? September 24, 2012
Cosmopolitan
Girls on Pills January 2013
What Happened to Jessica? September 2012
The Search for the Baseline Killer May 2012
Should You Freeze Your Eggs? January 2012
If He Couldn't Have Her, Nobody Could December 2011
The New York Times
Fresh Goat Milk, Dead Wood and Dubious Neighbors (Dining and Wine) February 22, 2011
Traveling in Southeast Asia with a Rock-Star Baby (Travel) December 17, 2010
Vietnam, Above the Clouds (Travel) October 31, 2010
A Wood-Fired Hot Tub for an Old-Style Soak (Home and Garden) October 21, 2010
Boite: This is How They Roll (Style) June 27, 2010
The Latest in Strollers? Mom and Dad (Style) March 11, 2010
Boite: A Speakeasy for Speaking Easily (Style) June 28, 2009
Indie Rockers, 90210 (Style) June 21, 2009
A Bike Trail That Traces the Way to Freedom (Travel) May 29, 2009
Soaking in the Desert Scenery (Travel) March 13, 2009
Boite: The Rest Stop is a Sideshow (Style) February 8, 2009
Marriage on their Minds (City) August 10, 2008
The Color of Rebellion, Once Upon a Time (City) March 2, 2008
At the Yippie Museum, It's Parrots and Flannel (City) January 20, 2008
Grab, Grunt and Lift in a Temple of Muscle (City) December 16, 2007
Pins and Needles (City) December 2, 2007
The Last Lace-Up (City) April 22, 2007
City of Refuge (City) March 27, 2007
The Dinner Was Potluck, But Then, So Was the Art (Arts) March 27, 2007
The Tamale Girl of Williamsburg (City) January 7, 2007
In the Land of Co-ops, Coops (City) October 1, 2006
Praying for Souls, and Maybe a Mate (City) October 1, 2006
Beyond the Buzz, Red Hook Remembers (City) August 20, 2006
The Beating Pulse of the 18th Floor (City) April 23, 2006
A Desire Named Streetcar (City) January 15, 2006
The Pride of Columbus (City) December 11, 2005
Battlefield Medics Shaped in Civilian Setting (Metro) December 6, 2005
The Kennedys of Brownsville (City) November 6, 2005
Eight Million Sets of Fingernails (City) April 3, 2005
Dog Massage? Isn't Petting Enough? (Home and Garden) April 20, 2011
Have You Been Naughty? Exploring the World of Corsets and Kink (City) March 20, 2005
He Must Be a Dream to Cook For (City) February 6, 2005
To Mecca, By Way of Madison Ave. (City) January 25, 2005
A Diaspora of Israelis, Decompressing (Style) October 5, 2003
Tablet
Food Fight August 16, 2011
Powering Down June 16, 2011
World Feeder May 4, 2011
Evangelicals Like Us February 21, 2008
Free Spirit August 27, 2008
By a Thread March 27, 2008
Do It Yourself September 18, 2007
Among the Holy Schleppers September 16, 2005
Salon
Hipsters on Food Stamps March 10, 2010
Ralph Nader, Love God November 2, 2000
Christian Science Monitor
How Not to Act Around a Monk in Laos July 14, 2010
Immigrant Actors Tell Their Story June 29, 2009
Babble
I Need My Cell Phone, But It Doesn't Make Me a Bad Parent July 13, 2011
Monocle
Justice for All October 2009
Property Prospectus: Haiku, Maui, Hawaii April 2009
The Forward
Rabbi's Journey Leads to 'Ecstatic' Minyan May 19, 2006
The Mama Furlough January 3, 2012
Teaching Toddlers About Haman March 6, 2012
New York Magazine
Party Person September 6, 2004
Time Out New York Kids
Family Portrait, The Gindis November 2011
Family Portrait, The Hsus July 2011
Family Portrait, The Lehmanns August 2011
Family Portrait, The Schatell-Princes May 2011
Family Portrait, The Briscione-Parkhursts April 2011
Family Portrait, The Hockenberrys February 2011
Family Portrait, The Baker-Blackburns January 2011
Family Portrait, The Steels October 2010
Alternet
Dispatches from the Bush Inauguration January 22, 2001
Attacking the Best in “Kiddie” Ads September 14, 2000
8 Fabulous Tips for Activists! August 21, 2000
Philly Sex Clubs Lure GOPers August 3, 2000
Voices of the Failed Drug War August 1, 2000
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Books
“Honoring Hip-Hop’s Cool Side” (article)
The New York Times’ Book of New York
“Among the Holy Schleppers” (essay)
The Modern Jewish Girl’s Guide to Guilt
“Cut-and-Paste Revolution: Notes from the Girl Zine Explosion” (essay)
The Fire This Time: Young Activists and the New Feminism
“From Riot Grrrl to Yeshiva Girl, or How I Became My Own Damn Rabbi” (essay)
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Tweets
- Love this interview w/ smartypants @annfriedman http://t.co/bCwiCMXYaQApr 17, 13 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- @radio_613 you're welcome!
- RT @JenNedeau: The new cover story from @TNR on the disaster of American day care is a must read. http://t.co/VRex92dhlFApr 15, 13 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- I have a growing obsession with this issue: With Police in Schools, More Children in Court http://t.co/0IXp1mrkcf
- The Duck Who Shared Her Eggs: How Children's Books Approach Modern Reproduction - Jennifer Bleyer - The Atlantic http://t.co/Bjlw4L4Z5M
- Riveting and enlightening read about the nature of sexual abuse via The New Yorker: http://t.co/wRuKRqWQAg
- So impressed with the ensuing discussion among readers of @FreeRangeKids on her site: http://t.co/xIuTNTmNW0Mar 25, 13 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Big thanks to the super awesome @FreeRangeKids for promoting my story on Patty Wetterling in @citypages last week! http://t.co/FGIZus61Ch
- RT @FreeRangeKids: What’s Wrong with the Sex Offender Registry — According to Abducted Boy's Mom, Patty Wetterling http://t.co/jwo1AqfmDb
- RT @PollyDad: Patty is wrong, but this is a good & thoughtful article - Patty Wetterling questions sex offender laws http://t.co/pja ...Mar 20, 13 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Smart. http://t.co/2XWNTtuOT2
- Nice one, Lisa. Obama Decades-Old Shooting Scare Guides Anti-Poverty Plan http://t.co/hJO8k0mp via @BloombergNews
- Unreal! (the trend, not the babies.) Motherhood, Reborn and Everlasting http://t.co/mj2tsGb3
- RT @AmandaMarcotte: http://t.co/sPjv0hmK The law recognizes that child porn harms children. So how about non-consensual porn on "revenge ...Jan 25, 13 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Let this be the beginning of a flood of divestment: Cerberus to Sell Freedom Group, a Gunmaker http://t.co/gFpkNnsk
- Where's the comprehensive list of things people can do to support gun control before Newtown fades in a week or two? Real action? #fbDec 17, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Just watched Danny DeVito on a 30 min phone call getting very personal #touching #121212concert
- Backstage at #121212concert = macher moshpit
- My story, Girls on Pills, is in the January issue of Cosmo on newsstands now (not online, alas...)Dec 10, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
