Jodi Samuels is an author, speaker, super mom and wife living in Jerusalem. She challenges mindsets and brings her passion for life to her work as a not-for-profit leader, community activist, disability advocate and entrepreneur.

In her memoir, Chutzpah, Wisdom and Wine: The Journey of an Unstoppable Woman, Jodi shows how she uses resilience — and a lot of humor — to face life’s challenges and come out on top.

Jodi founded Jewish International Connecton in order to provide community for Jews living abroad and hosts hundreds of events a year.

She started Jodi’s Voice to inspire people to live their lives to the fullest, to overcome limiting perspectives and to challenge them to recognize how they can make a difference in their own world. 

Jodi’s writing appears on her own blog as well as The Times of Israel, The Jerusalem Post, Aish HaTorah and the Jewish View.

Jodi lives in Jerusalem with her husband, Gavin, and their three children.