Uncharted Paths to Parenthood: Aliza’s Surrogacy Journey

When Aliza and her husband hope to create a family, they never imagined that route would include surrogacy. As an orthodox couple, they needed to navigate the halachic (religious law), emotional and financial experience of taking a route to parenthood that was mostly unpaved. From their experience, Aliza has built a community of women and couples exploring the possibilities of surrogacy in a supported and compassionate way.

About Aliza Abrams Konig

Aliza Abrams Konig is the Director of Student Leadership, at Yeshiva University. Throughout Aliza's career she has worked within areas of student life, team building, creating curricula, and enriching the experiences of thousands of students through Experiential Education. Aliza also serves as a Surrogacy Consultant to families and individuals pursuing surrogacy. Earlier in Aliza's career she served as the YU Director of Alumni Engagement, Assistant Principal at Central, Yeshiva University High School for Girls, Director of Student Life at Stern College and as the Director of Jewish Service Learning for the University, where she built the service-learning curriculum and established chessed missions around the world. Aliza is a member of the inaugural Wexner Field Fellows program through the Wexner Foundation. She has spoken worldwide in synagogues, community centers, and schools about leadership, education, faith, prayer and issues related to the contemporary Jewish family, dating, infertility, surrogacy and family. Aliza holds a BA in Judaic Studies from Stern College, a master's in social work from Wurzweiler School of Social Work and is currently a doctoral candidate at Wurzweiler.  Aliza, her husband Samuel and their children live in Riverdale, New York, where they are very involved with their community, synagogue and other local organizations.

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