Dr. Ruth Calderon is a Jewish Researcher and an author. She got her BA in Philosophy, Jewish Philosophy and Bible studies, at Oranim College and her MA and PhD in Talmudic Literature at the Hebrew University. Today Calderon serves as the Chairperson of ALMA- Home for Hebrew Culture, which she founded in 1996, which serves as a cultural and studies center for Hebrew Culture and the Jewish text. In 1989, Dr. Calderon established the first Israeli secular, pluralistic and egalitarian Bet Midrash. She is a recipient of the prestigious Avi Chai Prize in recognition of her contribution to the propagation of the legacy of Israel. Ruth hosted a TV show on classic and modern Jewish texts and published several writings and books and is the author of "The Market, the Home, the Heart" a personal homiletic reading of Talmudic legends (2001) . Ruth Calderon is a graduate of the first class of the Mandel School for Educational Leadership