Ruth is the director of Shearim - Fulfilling Israeli Judaism, and founder of the Shabbat Unplugged project. She holds a Ph.D. from the Sorbonne on the connection between a common ethos and governability in Israel. She headed the Center for Public Leadership and Management at the JDC Israel Institute for Leadership and Governance, after which she was a visiting researcher at UCLA. Ruth is a graduate of the Mandel School for Educational Leadership, where she focused on developing the concept of Jewish values in Israeli public policy. Earlier, she ran the community center in Hatzor Haglilit as well as various social programs.