Daniel Jones has edited the Modern Love column in the Sunday Styles section of the New York Times since its inception in 2004. His books include “Love Illuminated: Exploring Life’s Most Mystifying Subject (with the Help of 50,000 Strangers),” the essay anthologies “Modern Love” and “The Bastard on the Couch,” and the novel “After Lucy,” which was a finalist for the Barnes & Noble Discover Award. Jones works both on-air and behind-the-scenes for the Modern Love Podcast, a joint production of WBUR-Boston and The New York Times. His writing has appeared in The Times, Elle, Parade, Harper’s Bazaar and elsewhere. He lives in Northampton, Massachusetts and New York City

Binny Kagedan Psy.M. is an advanced doctoral student in clinical psychology at Rutgers University, and has experience doing psychotherapy and counseling with individuals, couples, and groups. He is also a YentaNet matchmaker and holds an M.A. in Jewish Thought from the Jewish Theological Seminary.

Hailed “The Orthodox Sex Guru” by a recent profile in the NY Times, Dr. Bat Sheva Marcus, is one of the founders and the Clinical Director of Maze Women's Sexual Health. The Center, founded in 2000, is dedicated to helping women with a wide variety of sexual issues and has three centers in New York, in Westchester, NYC and Great Neck. Bat Sheva earned her PhD in Human Sexuality at the Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality in San Francisco, CA. She also holds a master’s degree in social work from Columbia University, a master’s degree in public health and a master’s degree in Jewish Studies from the Jewish Theological Seminary. Bat Sheva is a founding member and Vice President of JOFA, the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance and has sat on the board of directors for 16 years. She is a coordinator of her partnership minyan in Riverdale, Shachar and was past chair of the Women’s Tefillah Network. Bat Sheva has lectured internationally on women’s issues and has been a guest on numerous radio and television shows including CNBC, CBS News, Huffington Post Live. She has been written up many times in New York Times, Time Magazine and Westchester Magazine as well as a myriad of local publications.

Ilana Shydlo, MS has been a matchmaker with Yentanet since July of 2015. Her warm, empathetic approach centers upon treating each match candidate as a unique individual. She believes in the fundamental importance of establishing and maintaining a relationship of trust and openness between matchmaker and match candidate, from the initial intake throughout the entire matchmaking process. When she is not wearing her matchmaker hat, she is a Bilingual Speech-Language Pathologist and teaches American English pronunciation to adults as the Founder of Accent Eraser.

Rebecca Stone Kagedan is a Licensed Social Worker trained in both psychodynamic and somatic-based therapy. She has experience treating a range of issues including trauma, depression, relationship and family conflicts, and substance abuse. Her treatment orientation integrates traditional psychotherapy with mindfulness meditation and somatic techniques. Rebecca uses a gentle, holistic approach to support her clients' ability to tap into their own healing capacities, access their core beliefs, and facilitate their own transformation. Rebecca has extensive post-graduate training in healing trauma and developmental/early relational wounding. 

Rebecca is a graduate of the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College, and was awarded the Jacob Goldfein Award for Creative and Scholarly Work for her masters thesis comparing Buddhist philosophy with psychoanalytic theory. Her group website is http://www.nyctherapygrp.com/

Rabbi Dr. Raysh Weiss, rabbi of Shaar Shalom Congregation in Halifax, Nova Scotia, is the founder and director of YentaNet. A graduate of the Wexner Graduate Fellowship and named one of the Jewish Week's 2015 "36 Under 36," Raysh is passionate about connecting people and communities through mutual compassion, curiosity, and understanding and is especially interested in engaging often-overlooked and under-served populations.  Her vision of pluralistic match-making emphasizes the importance of maintaining Jewish diversity in years to come.