Abigail Pogrebin is the author of "Stars of David: Prominent Jews Talk About Being Jewish" and "My Jewish Year:18 Holidays, One Wondering Jew" which was published by Fig Tree Books LLC and was a finalist for a National Jewish Book Award. She has written for The Atlantic, New York Magazine, Tablet, and The Forward, and moderated public conversations for The Streicker Center, the Shalom Hartman Institute, the JCC in Manhattan, and Jewish Broadcasting Service. She is a past president of Central Synagogue in New York.