Sruli Fruchter is writer, editor, teacher, and nonprofit manager.

While pursuing semikha (rabbinical ordination) at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, Sruli is the director of operations at 18Forty — a Jewish media company leading conversations about faith, identity, and community — and is also a contributing columnist at the Forward. He hosted 18 Questions, 40 Israeli Thinkers, an 18Forty podcast interviewing leading Israeli voices across the political and religious spectrum.

Sruli studied International & Global Affairs at Yeshiva University, where he graduated Summa Cum Laude and received awards for Service to the Jewish People and Excellence in Bible Studies.  In May 2022, Sruli delivered a TEDxYeshiva University talk on making work meaningful. Sruli was the 100th editor in chief of The Commentator, Yeshiva's independent student newspaper, and was a finalist for the Religion News Association's Religion Reporting Excellence.

Sruli has interviewed Amb. Michael Oren, Natan Sharansky, Einat Wilf, Benny Morris, Daniel Gordis, and parents of Israeli hostages, among others.

When not reading, learning, or tweeting, Sruli enjoys adding books and articles to his ever-growing reading list. Though Sruli has published in diverse outlets, the New York Times is still a holdout.

I write not because I have the strength to write but because I lack the strength to be silent.

— Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook