Jen­nifer Hanin is an award-winning writer, influ­en­tial blog­ger and social media maven, author, and Founder and for­mer Exec­u­tive Edi­tor of Act For Israel. She is co-author of the critically-acclaimed Becom­ing Jew­ish: The Chal­lenges, Rewards and Paths to Judaism, (Row­man & Lit­tle­field, 2011), and What to Do When You Can’t Get Preg­nant: the Com­plete Guide to All the Tech­nolo­gies for Cou­ples Fac­ing Fer­til­ity Prob­lems (Da Capo, 2005). NPR inter­viewed Jen­nifer on her con­ver­sion expe­ri­ence and sub­se­quent book on the sub­ject. Newsweek (July 4, 2005) rec­om­mended Jennifer’s infer­til­ity book as one to buy when under­go­ing fer­til­ity treatments.

JTA ranked Jen­nifer @jennhanin as #38 on their 100 Most Influ­en­tial Jew­ish Twit­ter Users for 2010, and #10 in the cat­e­gory of Pol­i­tics and Pol­icy. She also won Shorty Awards in the cat­e­gories of Reli­gion and Judaism in 2009.

Jen­nifer has appeared on tele­vi­sion and radio to dis­cuss her books and blog posts, and her blog has gen­er­ated inter­est from every con­ti­nent except Antarc­tica. Edi­tors have trans­lated her work into Dutch, Russ­ian, Por­tuguese, Chi­nese, Span­ish, French and Ara­bic. The Inter­na­tional Busi­ness Times cited Jennifer’s blog post, Iran Won an Oscar but Keeps Los­ing Pub­lic Opin­ion Else­where, detail­ing the Iran­ian reac­tion over its filmmaker’s 2012 Oscar win.

In her effort to seek the truth, Jen­nifer began her career as a news intern inter­view­ing com­mu­nity lead­ers and writ­ing for KTRK-TV, ABC’s Hous­ton affiliate’s Sun­day Morn­ing Show. She has a well-rounded back­ground which includes writ­ing and project man­age­ment for For­tune 500 cor­po­ra­tions includ­ing KBR, Com­paq and Hon­ey­well. Jen­nifer holds an M.A. in Pub­lic Rela­tions from the Uni­ver­sity of Hous­ton, and is author of a master’s the­sis: Pub­lic Rela­tions as Nego­ti­a­tion: A case study of the Dow Corn­ing Cor­po­ra­tion in the silicone-gel breast implant con­tro­versy. She spent her post-undergraduate career in social ser­vice work­ing with par­ents and chil­dren, and holds a B.S. in Human Devel­op­ment and Fam­ily Stud­ies from Texas Tech University.

Addi­tion­ally, Jen­nifer has always stood up for social respon­si­bil­ity and indi­vid­ual rights. She now resides in North­ern Cal­i­for­nia with her hus­band and twin daugh­ters. These days, Jen­nifer is hard at work on her third book about a too-often dis­missed sub­ject rid­dled with lies and fab­ri­ca­tions that des­per­ately needs some TLC. Stay tuned!