Noah Samuel Leav­itt is an asso­ciate dean of stu­dents at Whit­man Col­lege and has served as the advo­ca­cy direc­tor for the Jew­ish Coun­cil on Urban Affairs. His work has appeared in a wide range of pub­li­ca­tions includ­ing Con­tem­po­rary Jew­ry, Slate, The Inter­na­tion­al Her­ald Tri­bune, and Forward.