The 2026-2027 YU Observer editorial staff is dedicated to integrity, justice, and truth. Their goal is to make Yeshiva University a better place, one article at a time.  

Editor-in-Chief:

Anouchka Ettedgui

Managing Editor:

Maya Menashe

Opinions Editors:

Senior Editor: David Smigel

Esti Hess

Kayla Bastomski

Rebecca Peykar

Features Editors:

Senior Editor: Hadar Katsman

Gavi Tropper

Meira Berkowitz

Arts and Culture Editors:

Senior Editor: JJ Ledewitz

Aliza Gans

Sophia Madeb

Mindy Firfer

Business Editors:

Senior Editor: Henry Wildes

Mati Edelkopf

Science and Technology Editors:

Senior Editor: Zohar Ben Simon

Efrat Ohayon

Leah Margolin

Shimon Herman

Layout Editors:

Senior Editor: Aliza Flug

Reuven Hellman

Yardena Goldman

Social Media Managers:

Keira Parker

Yardena Goldman

Business Manager:

Lily Ettedgui

Website Managers:

Senior Website Manager: Zohar Ben Simon

Moriya Leviav

Photographers:

Shloimy Lowy

Entertainment:

Cara Listowsky

Reuven Hellman

Zohar Ben Simon

Staff Writers: 

Science and Technology Writers: Samantha Zoltan, Maya Attal, Maytal Imani, Ayala Sahel, Emma Zaidman, Perla Freoa, Nadav S., Yehudis Kundin, Bayla Rothschild

Opinions Writers: Sarah Berk, Talya Naggar, Channah Yurovsky, Moriel Shviki, Dalia Mitzner, Lea Azeroual, Lizzie, Shaina Shaoolian

Business Writers: Florene Cabalo, Yitzchak Rosenfeld, Alexandra Gomperts

Arts and Culture Writers: Sara Tehila Goldstein, Rosie Schlanger, Jazmine Rose

Features Writers: Hayley Geiger, Shloimy Lowy, Bayla Rothschild, Esther Gaon, Jacob Wetrogen

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