Eckstein studied at Torat Chesed Seminary in Israel, Queens College in New York, and Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
[11] She has also spoken at international events, including a on religious persecution in the Middle East in Washington, D.C.[12] She also shares her perspective on Judaism, life in the Holy Land, and her work with the IFCJ on the group's radio program, Holy Land Moments, and, as of 2021, hosts the Nourish Your Biblical Roots and Conversations with Yael podcasts.
[citation needed] In 2016, Yechiel Eckstein publicly blessed Yael as the one he envisioned running IFCJ.
[7] In 2019, after her father's death at 67, she became president and CEO of The Fellowship, the Chicago-based nonprofit with an office in Israel.
[13] In 2023, leaked files from the reputation management firm Eliminalia showed that the firm had been engaged to target stories about Eckstein and her father, specifically trying to remove content reporting their combined $4 million annual compensation in 2019, which an IFCJ spokesperson said was due to a death benefit paid out to the elder Eckstein's widow,[14] and that Eliminalia had used what the Washington Post characterized as "bogus copyright complaints" in its attempts to do so.