Arielle Angel

Arielle Angel is an American writer and magazine editor. She serves as editor-in-chief of Jewish Currents.

Early life Angel grew up in Miami. Her mother was a judge and reproductive rights advocate, and her father was an entrepreneur. She attended a Jewish day school and a public high school, where she edited the school newspaper. While in high school she traveled to former concentration camps in Poland as part of a March of the Living trip. After high school, she moved to New York where she attended art school During the 2014 Gaza War Angel saw photos of Israelis sitting and watching bombs hit Gaza, and the images made her reconsider her convictions about Israel.

Career Angel's early work as a writer was on an unpublished manuscript about a drug dealer. She went on to become its editor-in-chief. In June 2026, Angel resigned from her leadership position with JC, though she will continue producing material for the site.

Angel is an organizer with IfNotNow. By 2024, Angel described herself as anti-Zionist, with the recognition that it took a long time for her to make this change.

Selected publications