'Life' editor at the Forward, editing and writing on faith, family, culture, and lifestyle. Professor of journalism at Stern College for Women, of Yeshiva University. Previously a regular contributor to Haaretz, Israel's liberal newspaper. Outspoken Orthodox Jewish woman. Speak on women's issues, feminism, religion and modernity, literature, Israel, and Russian Jewish history. Interviewed on CBC radio and quoted on NPR, WQXR, and Brian Lehrer. Selected as one of top "50 Jewish people to follow on Twitter" by the JTA.
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Ep. 020: A Pulpit of Her Own with Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt
thewovlife [February 13, 2019] -
JTA Twitter 50: Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt
Jewish Telegraphic Agency [December 15, 2018] -
‘My Dark Secret’: Orthodox Women Reveal Their Abortion Stories
Forward [August 1, 2018] -
RACISM AND XENOPHOBIA IN THE ORTHODOX COMMUNITY: A CONVERSATION WITH AVITAL CHIZHIK-GOLDSCHMIDT (14)
Jewish Coffee House [July 11, 2018] -
I’m Sick Of Orthodox Women Being Fetishized In Films Like ‘Disobedience’
Forward [April 28, 2018] -
Why Won’t Orthodox Condemn Trump’s Ties to White Supremacists After Charlottesville?
Forward [August 14, 2017] -
Banned from Print Media, Ultra-Orthodox Women Turn to Instagram
Forward [August 2, 2017] -
Confessions of a Rabbi's wife - Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt
CBC [February 5, 2016] -
Author Page
Tablet Mag -
Confessions of a rabbi's wife: "I wanted to hide behind a husband and a wig"
Salon [December 27, 2015] -
Reaching Out To Russian-Speaking Jews: Avital Chizhik Goldschmidt, 23 Rabbi Benjamin Goldschmidt, 27
Jewish Week [June 1, 2015] -
Taking Their Time
The New York Times [December 19, 2014] -
Author Page
Haaretz -
The God of Marriage
The New York Times [September 6, 2012]















