Lois Sussman Shenker is a frequent lecturer and teacher on Judaism and Jewish parenting. From 1993 to 2001, as both facilitator and administrator for the Oregon Board of Rabbis' Introduction to Judaism course, she worked with more than 800 adult students studying Judaism. Her advice column, "Letters To Lois", ran for almost 3 years in the Jewish press. Currently, she works as a certified Life Coach focusing on the joys and challenges of contemporary Jewish life.

The former Program Director and Director of the Early Childhood Learning Center at the Mittleman Jewish Community Center in her home town of Portland, Oregon, Ms. Shenker has served on numerous Boards of Directors, including The Jewish Family and Child Service, Portland Jewish Academy, Mittleman Jewish Community Center, and the Women's Division of the Jewish Federation of Portland. She has also taught elementary school in both public and private settings, and religious school at the high school level in both Conservative and Reform synagogues.

She has traveled extensively in Israel, where she has led family and inter-faith missions with her husband of 46 years. Ms. Shenker is the mother of three children, grandmother to nine grandchildren — all of whom have non-Jewish grandparents as well.

In addition to speaking about the book, Ms. Shenker is available to speak on the following topics:

• Creating a Jewish Home
• Instilling Jewish Values in Your children
• Defining the Jewish Experience
• Jewish Parenting or Parenting Jewish Children
• Jewish Grandparenting: Then and Now
• Demystifying the Jewish Mystique
• The "Ins and Outs" of Outreach and Ingathering
• Long distance Grandparenting
• Sharing your Jewish Experience with your non-Jewish Family members
• When your child Intermarries
• Integrating your non-Jewish family members into your Jewish family
• If it's not on the table, don't ask for it. Understanding kashrut.