Searching for Heather Dean: My Extraordinary Career as a Celebrity Interviewer and Why I Left It

The Backstory

It was on one of those milestone birthdays when I realized that my baalas teshuva story is unlike any I had heard before. So I had to tell it! I had to tell anyone who is obsessed with show business and pop culture what really goes on in the entertainment world, and why I chose a life upgrade to authentic Jewish living and Torah-centered values. I know full well the lure of the entertainment industry and why people can fall into the trap of celebrity worship. I was plucked out of suburban Ohio to live a dream-come-true existence in Manhattan as a broadcaster and journalist covering every aspect of show business. I had a bunch of famous friends. A musician I knew wrote a song called “Searching for Heather Dean.” (Snazzy title for a book, eh?) Indeed, a baalas teshuva story unlike any I had heard before. My journey to discovering the religion I was born into – Judaism – could only have happened the way Hashem orchestrated it: through revealing emes, through community, and through bringing me to Eretz Yisrael. Talk about a page-turner! Dozens of happy readers tell me that they read my memoir, “Searching for Heather Dean,” over Shabbat or the week-end, that they just couldn’t put it down! I hope you enjoy it, too.