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.
Two decades of showing up, in living rooms and on the streets, with the people building change.
79 patterns of abusive language that have become normalized in our culture, and how to recognize, name, and heal from them.
Visit toxictactics.com →Books, essays, a podcast, and teaching, all about language, power, and gender.
The Roar, Elana's Substack, plus essays in Haaretz, The Forward, Lilith, and more.
Read Elana's writing →Elana's podcast and peace-media work, with the women choosing the language of peace.
Listen →Talks, workshops, and consulting on toxic language, gender, power, and building cultures of care.
Invite Elana →Essays on language, power, gender, and the fight for a more humane world.