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Elissa Einhorn

Elissa Einhorn

Elissa Einhorn began her writing career in the Bronx at the age of 8. She earned a master’s degree in communications and journalism 20 years later. While Elissa worked for non-profits her entire career, including as a Jewish communal professional, she now enjoys working for herself as a freelance writer. Still, her most treasured role is that of ima (mom) to twin daughters who she is (finally) happy to count among her friends.

Birgit Sacher, member of Santa Rosa's Congregation Shomrei Torah, comforts Nicholas and Zoe Miller who lost their home to wildfires, Oct. 11, 2017. (Photo/Norm Levin)
Posted inNews

North Bay fires, one year later: scars, thanks and lives uprooted

Elissa Einhorn by Elissa Einhorn October 15, 2018October 18, 2018
Assemblymembers Chad Mayes, Blanca Rubio, Tim Grayson, Marc Berman, Kevin Kiley, Marc Levine, Senator Ricardo Lara, Al Muratsuchi, Mike Gipson, and Siamak Kordestani of the American Jewish Committee
Posted inIsrael at 70

Trip to jittery Israel an eye-opener for California assemblymembers

Elissa Einhorn by Elissa Einhorn August 15, 2018August 16, 2018
Maimonides aka Rambam was a doctor and a rabbi — one of Judaism's earliest exemplars of melding science and religion
Posted inUncategorized

Where science and Judaism meet, in synagogue

Elissa Einhorn by Elissa Einhorn August 15, 2018August 15, 2018
Afghan immigrant children at Camp Nefesh, a Jewish-run day camp in Sacramento (Photo/Joan Cusik)
Posted inBay Area, Northern California

In Sacramento, a Jewish day camp for Afghan refugee kids

Elissa Einhorn by Elissa Einhorn August 13, 2018August 14, 2018
Sisters and business partners Sabrina and Makeda Berhane (Photo/Elissa Einhorn)
Posted inJewish Life

Sacramento sisters have a latté love for their Tiferet cafés

Elissa Einhorn by Elissa Einhorn August 9, 2018
Shahar Sigal with wife Amanda and their two boys
Posted inJewish Life

Mitzvah leads to miracle as Folsom man gets a kidney

Elissa Einhorn by Elissa Einhorn June 21, 2018
From the cover of "Another Ruth," Rita Kuhn's first novel
Posted inCulture

At 90, first-time Berkeley novelist recalls her mother’s bravery

Elissa Einhorn by Elissa Einhorn June 20, 2018June 20, 2018
Aryeh Green near his hometown of Beit Shemesh in the center of Israel on the last day of his trek (Photo/Yonatan Green)
Posted inBooks

A life-changing hike down the spine of Israel

Elissa Einhorn by Elissa Einhorn June 13, 2018
Zephira Derblich-Milea of Shalom Bayit speaks to youth professionals at Jewish LearningWorks. (Photo/Kait Miller)
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Major new teen initiative launches in Bay Area

Elissa Einhorn by Elissa Einhorn May 18, 2018May 22, 2018
Posted inJewish Life

Shining a light on mental health in the Jewish community

Elissa Einhorn by Elissa Einhorn May 18, 2018May 18, 2018

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