Yaldah Magazine - Staff Members

Staff Members

{these bio's were copied from yaldah.com}

Rebecca Berlin- EDITORIAL BOARD DIRECTOR- Rebecca Berlin, an eleventh grader living in Southfield, Michigan, was on the Editorial Board for three years before she took on her role as Editorial Board Coordinator at the beginning of 2011. She shares her writing, fashion, photography, and organizational skills with YALDAH on a regular basis. Rebecca served as president for Friendship Circle, and could easily spend her days eating sushi, reading a good book, and listening to music.

Leah Caras- FOUNDER AND PUBLISHER- Leah Caras, age 20, began working on YALDAH when she was twelve. After a year of hard work, the first issue came out when she was only thirteen. Since then she's been running YALDAH as it continued to grow. Her talent and experience with writing, photography, art, and computers helped her create the first issue. Leah has received awards including Next Step Magazine's 'Super Teen' and Microsoft's Start Something Amazing Award. Although when she started YALDAH, Leah was the editor, publisher, photographer, writer, accountant, webmaster, publicity department and countless other roles, as YALDAH expanded she learned to delegate. She also has her own graphic design business, LL Design. Leah in Brooklyn, NY with her husband.

Lena Greenberg- EXECUTIVE EDITOR- Lena Greenberg, age 13, became the Executive Editor in Summer 2010. She enjoys working on publications - in addition to YALDAH, she lays out her synagogue's 16-page newsletter every month - and in her free time she loves writing poetry and stories, imagining, reading, volunteering at her synagogue and at Friendship Circle for Jewish kids with special needs, and much more. She lives in Philadelphia, where she homeschools with her family.

Tali Gross- EDITORIAL DIRECTOR-Tali Gross is a talented 15 year old writer from Silver Spring, MD. Tali was on the Editorial Board in 2008 and 2009, and stayed on as an "honorary member" the next couple of years. Spring of 2011 saw Tali appointed as YALDAH's Editorial Director, a role which fits her perfectly. Tali is in tenth grade at Yeshiva of Greater Washington. You'll often find her in her kitchen cooking and baking (with the music blasting), playing her violin, or... working on YALDAH!

Chaya Kraines- ADVERTISING MANAGER- Chaya, age 14, became YALDAH's webmaster in October 2008, and in December 2010 she switched to her current role as YALDAH's ads manager. Chaya lives in Johannesburg, South Africa, and is in grade 8 (the school year starts in January) at Bais Yaakov. Some of Chaya's hobbies include reading, writing, computers, knitting, babysitting, programming, art, graphics design, web design, cooking, ballet, Spanish dancing, drama, choreography & swimming.

Evelyn Krieger- FICTION EDITOR- In addition to freelance writing, Evelyn Krieger has worked as a first grade teacher, private tutor, dance instructor, educational consultant, and reading specialist. She is the author of One is Not a Lonely Number. Her work has been published in Family Fun, The Reading Teacher, Learning, Teacher Magazine, Baby Talk, Boston Tab, Lilith, Memoirs Ink and Writer's Digest. Ms. Krieger enjoys entering writing competitions and has won several awards for her essays and fiction. Ms. Krieger was the Writing Workshop leader at the Jewish Girls Winter Retreat, 2007 and 2008.

Nechamah Saltzman- COPY EDITOR- Nechama, age 17, started receiving YALDAH at its third issue. She was on the Editorial Board in 2006 and held the position of Editorial Board Coordinator for three Editorial Boards, from 2008 through 2010. Nechama also acted as Bookstore Manager from the summer of 2009 through the spring of 2011. With Nechama's graduation from high school, she resigned to the title of Copy Editor in anticipation of her upcoming year in seminary in Jerusalem, Israel. A few of the things Nechama enjoys in her rare moments of free time include music, evident from the feature she writes in YALDAH (Music Notes), as well as sharing YALDAH, spending time with her family and friends, and developing her graphics and video skills. Nechama lives in Milwaukee, WI.

Chava Sneiderman- PUBlICITY MANAGER- A fifteen-year old with a passion for writing, Chava Sneiderman, whose family lives in DE, sacrifices much to attend Beth Rivkah HIgh school in Brooklyn NY, where she boards with a family. Besides being the publicity manager of YALDAH, Chava is also on the editorial board of JVIbe magazine for Jewish teens, and the associate editor of her school's newspaper, The Grapevine. In her free time, Chava enjoys yoga, baking, and trying new things.

Rena Winick- MARKETING MANAGER- Rena Winick is 14 years old, and is in 9th grade at Bais Yaakov of Los Angeles, where she currently boards from San Diego. She got her first issue of YALDAH 4 years ago, and she quickly signed up when a position became open. Rena became the Marketing Manager in Fall 2008. She enjoys writing, reading, playing the violin, baking, hanging out with friends, and reading the latest issue of YALDAH magazine.