Menachem Wecker is an education reporter at U.S.News & World Report and a religion and arts blogger for the Houston Chronicle. A member of the National Press Club, the Religion Newswriters Association, and the Society of Professional Journalists, he has written a column on Jewish arts for The Jewish Press since 2003.

Prior to joining U.S. News, Wecker worked at George Washington University for five years, first as assistant director of public affairs at the Elliott School of International Affairs and then as a writer for the university’s official online daily news service, GW Today. Before coming to GW, he was assistant editor of B’nai B’rith Magazine.

His articles and reviews have appeared in the following publications (in part): Arab American News, Religion News Service, Mormon Artist Magazine, Mormon Times, National Catholic Reporter, Arlington Catholic Herald, The Christian Index, Relevant Magazine, New York Arts Magazine, NY Press, World & I, Forward, Tablet, Nextbook, American Jewish Life Magazine, World Jewish Digest, Jerusalem Post, JTA, NY Jewish Week, Washington Jewish Week, Baltimore Jewish Times, New Voices, My Jewish Learning, altMuslim.com, jbooks.com, DCist.com, interfaithfamily.com, Jewish Currents.

A painter, Wecker — who trained at Massachusetts College of Art, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Art Institute of Boston — has exhibited his drawings, paintings, and photographs at galleries in New York, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C.