Ellen Scolnic Author

Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic (aka the Word Mavens) are the award-winning authors of the Dictionary of Jewish Words (Jewish Publication Society 2006) and The Whole Spiel: Funny Essays About Digital Nudniks, Seder Selfies and Chicken Soup Memories (Incompra Press 2016). Frequent contributors to the Philadelphia Inquirer opinion pages, WHYY s cultural blogs, and the Forward, they live outside of Philadelphia with their families.