Laura E. Adkins is an award-winning writer, editor, and speaker who lives in Manhattan. She is Deputy Opinion Editor at the Forward and was previously the editor of Jewish Insider and an assistant blogs editor at The Times of Israel. At the Forward, she writes about kosher wine, orthodoxy, data and builds interactive maps — though usually not all at the same time. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, SELF, the New York Observer, and elsewhere. Laura is an avid marathoner and makes a mean garlic za’atar challah. Click here to subscribe to her newsletter, LEA in Brief.

Laura E. Adkins is a writer, editor, and speaker who lives in Manhattan. She is Deputy Opinion Editor at the Forward and was previously the editor of Jewish Insider and an assistant blogs editor at The Times of Israel. At the Forward, she writes about kosher wine, orthodoxy, data and builds interactive maps — though usually not all at the same time. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, SELF, the New York Observer, and elsewhere. Laura is an avid marathoner and makes a mean garlic za’atar challah.