About Andye

I created Efrat Debate Workshops in September, 2020 to coach young people as they develop life skills that will stay with them for decades: Critical thinking, formulating logical, cogent arguments, grappling with a range of views and opinions and doing it all in fluent, polished English.  

Why me? Because I've spent decades doing all of that. Since I made Aliya from southern California in 1994, I've written about virtually every aspect of Israeli society and the Jewish world for local and international newspapers and magazines. I've lectured on Jewish and Israeli topics here and around the world and there’s nothing I enjoy more than chewing over ideas with people who view the world differently than I do.