Ellyn is a humorist whose column has appeared in the Forum section of the Sun-Sentinel as well as the Jewish Journal. Former editor of The Parklander Magazine, and the Wantagh-Seaford Citizen in New York, as well as assistant editor of a national decorating magazine. She has also published a book of poetry and has written and published short stories, one of which took First Place in a South Florida Writers’ Network contest.

Ellyn is the past President of two Hadassah Chapters as well as the past Sisterhood President of Temple Beth Orr. She is a Cantorial Soloist and conducts weekly Shabbat Services at Oasis Living Quarters and the Preserve at Palm Aire.  Married to stand-up comedian Jeff Laub, Ellyn is a Coconut Creek resident and has two children and two grandchildren who live in Coral Springs.