Writer · Researcher · Consultant · Activist

Elana Sztokman

Building a more compassionate society.

Elana is an award-winning Jewish feminist anthropologist, writer, researcher, activist, educator, consultant, and podcaster. Elana's specialty is in the interactions between gender, language, power, and culture. Elana is interested in how words can be violent and dangerous, and what we can all do to use words that instead create bridges, human connections, and a shared humanity built on empathy and compassion.

Elana Sztokman
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New book · October 2026

Toxic Tactics

79 patterns of abusive language that have become normalized in our culture, and how to recognize, name, and heal from them.

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What Elana does

Where Elana's work lives

Books, essays, a podcast, and teaching, all about language, power, and gender.

Books

Eight books on gender, culture, power, and language.

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Writing

The Roar, Elana's Substack, plus essays in Haaretz, The Forward, Lilith, and more.

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Women Ending War

Elana's podcast and peace-media work, with the women choosing the language of peace.

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Speak & Consult

Talks, workshops, and consulting on toxic language, gender, power, and building cultures of care.

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A selection of outlets that have published Elana's work.