Jen­nifer Hanin is an award-winning writer, influ­en­tial blog­ger, author, pro-Israel advo­cate and Founder and Exec­u­tive Edi­tor of Act For Israel. She is author of What to Do When You Can’t Get Preg­nant: the Com­plete Guide to All the Tech­nolo­gies for Cou­ples Fac­ing Fer­til­ity Prob­lems (Da Capo, 2005). Newsweek (July 4, 2005) rec­om­mended Jennifer’s 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.

She has appeared on tele­vi­sion and radio to dis­cuss her book and blog, 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.

Jennifer’s back­ground includes writ­ing and project man­age­ment for For­tune 500 cor­po­ra­tions includ­ing KBR, Com­paq and Hon­ey­well. She 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 has a social ser­vice back­ground work­ing with par­ents and chil­dren, and holds a B.S. in Human Devel­op­ment and Fam­ily Stud­ies from Texas Tech University.

Jen­nifer resides with her hus­band and twin daugh­ters in North­ern Cal­i­for­nia. Her new book, Becom­ing Jew­ish: The Chal­lenges, Rewards, and Paths to Con­ver­sion is now avail­able in stores and online.