Jenna Cohen

Jenna Cohen graduated from Knox College with a Bachelor's in English Literature and minors in Spanish and Creative Writing. After graduating, Jenna began her own marketing business and worked as a marketing consultant for several Chicagoland start-ups. After an amazing 6 months working at the 1871 entrepreneurial think tank, and a year interning in Tel Aviv at Latet Israeli Humanitarian Aid, Jenna now serves as Grants and Planning Associate at Jewish Child & Family services.

When she's not writing, Jenna can be found singing in the Apollo Chorus of Chicago, volunteering at Red Door Animal Shelter, hanging out at Moishe House, or running 5ks. If you don't find her doing any of these mensch-ly activities, Jenna is probably lounging in the sunshine with that book she promised herself she'd finish reading a year ago or watching obscene amounts of Netflix.

Articles by this Author

Double Chai Check-In: Liz Robbin and Julie Feldman photo

36 Under 36

Double Chai Check-In: Liz Robbin and Julie Feldman Give for the Glow

In addition to their full-time jobs, these seemingly tireless women are the director (Robbin) and assistant director (Feldman) of Camp Firefly

by Jenna CohenOctober 26, 2018

Living Jewishly

For the Sin I Have Committed Against Myself

As a child, I thought of fasting on Yom Kippur as the pinnacle of adult-ness—a demonstration of piety, self-restraint, and poise—but when I became a Bat Mitzvah and my turn came, I became much less enthusiastic.

by Jenna CohenOctober 11, 2017

Double Chai Check-In: Annie Warshaw photo

36 Under 36

Double Chai Check-In: Annie Warshaw propels Chicago girls towards a brighter future

Annie Warshaw, CEO and co-founder of Mission Propelle, has been hard at work since being named one of 2014’s Double Chai in the Chi.

by Jenna CohenMay 30, 2017

Arts & Culture

Painting the World with Love

Local artist Chai Wolfman’s painting collection “Grounded in Hope” is on display at Uncommon Ground in Edgewater through Feb. 6

by Jenna CohenJanuary 27, 2017

From the Archives

Refugees are Human Beings

Meet Teklit, an Eritrean refugee trying to make a life in Israel.

by Jenna Cohen2016-03-31

From the Archives

Discovering the Israel I Didn’t Know

Where I live, in South Tel Aviv, crumbling facades and rundown buildings are just as numerous as the chic bars and modern storefronts that one typically associates with the city.

by Jenna Cohen2015-11-25

From the Archives

Terror in Tel Aviv

The first thing they tell you after a terror attack is not to give in to fear. You must continue to live your life as you have always lived it. Keep taking buses, keep going to class, grab that drink after work; don’t let anyone know that you are afraid.

by Jenna Cohen2015-10-16