Erica Wovsaniker Author

Rabbi Leah Berkowitz is the spiritual leader of Congregation Kol Ami in Elkins Park, PA. A graduate of Brandeis University and Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, she contributed to Mishkan HaNefesh for Youth, a High Holy Day prayer book, and The Sacred Calling: Four Decades of Women in the Rabbinate. She is also the author of two children's books: The World Needs Beautiful Things (Kar-Ben, 2018) and Queen Vashti's Comfy Pants (Apples & Honey Press 2021).  Erica Wovsaniker is a religious school teacher at Congregation Or Shalom in Vernon Hills, Illinois. She has been a teacher for many years and an aspiring writer for many more.  A graduate of Brandeis University, she earned an MA in English from University of Illinois-Chicago and an MA in Divinity from the University of Chicago. She lives in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, with her husband, two children, and their dog.  Katherine Messenger is an illustrator, designer, and editor whose work has appeared in numerous books, magazines, and journals, including SAPIR: A Journal of Jewish Conversations and Paper Brigade. She lives in Blue Hill, Maine, with her husband and two young boys.