Erielle Reshef
Erielle Reshef
Erielle Reshef is an American journalist who lives in New York, New York. She is a news correspondent at ABC News. [1]
Education
Reshef graduated from Indiana University Bloomington in 2005 with a bachelor's degree in political science and Jewish studies. She also graduated from the IDC Herzliya in Israel with a Masters in Diplomacy and Conflict Studies.
Career
Prior to joining ABC News in April 2017, Reshef served as weekday morning anchor for KOCO-TV News. Erielle joined the KOCO 5 News team in November 2012.
Prior to joining KOCO 5, Erielle served as an anchor and reporter for IBA News – Israel's only nationally televised and internationally syndicated English language newscast – based in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. While at IBA News, Erielle anchored coverage of global news events, politics, sports, finance, and culture.
She reported live from Israel's border with Gaza Strip during two separate escalations of cross‐border violence.
Erielle has interviewed many international newsmakers and media personalities during her career including former Israeli President Shimon Peres, U.S. Ambassador and Peace Envoy Dennis Ross, former CIA Director R. James Woolsey Jr., New York Stock Exchange COO Larry Leibowitz, comedienne Sarah Silverman, Seinfeld actor Jason Alexander, world-famous therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer and ABC World News Anchor David Muir.[6]
Erielle serves on the board of the University of Oklahoma School of International and Area Studies. She delivered the keynote address at the school's 2014 convocation.
Erielle has proudly volunteered for the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, the Ronald McDonald House Charities, the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma and other community organizations.
She was voted OKC's Best Anchor by the readers of Slice Magazine and chosen as a Heritage Hall Distinguished lecturer.
She served as a Media Training Faculty Member for Oklahoma County Medical Society Leadership Academy.[6]
Personal Life
Erielle Reshef pictured on her Instagram with her family
She is married to Daniel Frankenstein.
When Reshef gave birth to a boy in 2015, the couple waited for eight days before revealing his name to public in accordance with Jewish tradition. In an interview with KOCO-TV, the couple later told they had decided to name their boy Mayr Reshef Frankenstein.[5]
On August 7, 2019, Reshef gave birth to her second son, Mavryk Julius.[7]