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Avram Davis is a writer and editor who for over a decade has written about business, finance, and technology. Avram is a senior reporter with MergersUnleashed.com and Mergers & Acquisitions, The Dealmaker's Journal. Previously, he was a deal reporter with mergermarket, Ltd., which is part of the Financial Times Group, and he was the content director of The Skinny E-magazine. Avram’s varied writing experience includes writing for FT.com, Women's Wear Daily, The Hudson Valley Business Journal, The Resident, and The Jewish Voice. He lives in Northern New Jersey with his wife and son.
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Miriam Eljas Goldman is the founder and publisher of The Blueprint. At 23, Miriam started this media company and has expanded it into an international publication covering New York, Los Angeles and Jerusalem.
A native of Silicon Valley, Miriam interned for Paramount Pictures, Hadassah Magazine, The Los Gatos Weekly Times and Pitspopany Press. After graduating from Yeshiva University's Stern College for Women, she became a reporter for the daily American Banker in Wall Street before creating The Blueprint. She has since coordinated Get Out the Vote 2004, sponsored by the JCRC, which drew nearly 1,000 young Jews as well as Israel Independence Day 2005, sponsored by Dor Chadash, which gathered over 3,000 young professionals and over 80 Jewish organizations. Miriam was also featured on television on 'CUNY Celebrates 350: Jewish Women in America' as a panelist. The Blueprint has also appeared in The Forward, Moment Magazine, Time Out New York and the JTA.
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Cheryl, being the face behind the Jerusalem Blueprint's updates, is the person to know if you're looking for something exciting to do in the holy city. Born and bred in Brooklyn but now considered a Yerushalmit, Cheryl has an MA in music therapy and a BA in music and can be found anywhere there are instruments and singers. She can't stop singing and has performed everywhere from Lincoln Center to Ben Yehuda. She also founded the up and coming Yerushalmi a cappella group KOLture Shock, a choir that stands for integration, acceptance, and love despite one's background and shows it due to its varied members who are male and female, observant and not practicing Jews, Israeli and immigrants, younger and older. Somewhere between her numerous jobs (striving musicians must make a living somehow!) Cheryl finds the time to hang out with friends, speak with her family in NY, and make killer BBQs.
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Molly Livingstone has been living in Israel for the past six years after graduating from Emerson College with a degree in Journalism. She has worked for various media outlets such as The Media Line, The Jerusalem Post and Israel21C. Molly is the founder of Israel's leading English speaking comedy troupe, Hahafuch, providing the Anglo community and Israelis alike with original sketch comedy and improvisation performances throughout the country. But what keeps her most busy? Molly is a proud new mommy to a beautiful and very active baby boy. While he takes up most of her time, she is still enjoying the finer things in life here in Israel like good food and really good food.
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Monica Rozenfeld is a freelance journalist living in Brooklyn, NY. She is fascinated by stories about adversity, culture and religion. Monica is currently earning an M.A. in health and science reporting, focusing in on women's health matters domestic and internationally. Her new hobby is photography. However, she still needs to figure out how her G11 Canon works.
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Yonit Schiller is a freelance photographer based in Jerusalem. Assignments have led Yonit to destinations around the globe, and her most recent work was published in the National Geographic Magazine, Jerusalem Post, and Presentense Magazine.
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Jeff Schlanger developed and maintained nyblueprint.com website for the past 4 years. Outside of The Blueprint, Jeff cofounded and developed SmartVolunteer.org. Jeff works full-time at Jupiterimages and lives on the Upper West Side.
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Lisa Sopher is the production editor for The Blueprint, where she edits the newspaper and the calendar on our Web site, as well as writes articles on occasion. Before working at The Blueprint she had worked at the Long Island Jewish World/Manhattan Jewish Sentinel, and the Forward. She is a licensed real estate broker and a licensed life insurance broker. Lisa also has a masters degree in Jewish history from the Jewish Theological Seminary.
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Rachel has worked in nonprofit communications for the past three years and has written for various publications including The Jewish Press, Everyone's Got a Story and Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul. She currently writes for the Los Angeles Blueprint in addition to doing marketing and sales for all three Blueprint websites. Rachel blogs at www.jewishmommie.com.
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