Penina Eilberg-Schwartz

Penina Eilberg-Schwartz is a writer and activist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. After studying history at Oberlin College, she worked on issues of justice in Israel-Palestine with Abrahamโ€™s Vision, the Rebuilding Alliance, the New Israel Fund and IfNotNow.

She is an alumnus of the Carey Institute for Global Goodโ€™s Nonfiction Fellowship and the co-author of the chapbook Everything in the Speaking of It (Alley Cat Books). Her work has also appeared in +972 Magazine, The Rumpus, All Thatโ€™s Left, Reform Judaism and This Recording.

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