Two Mothers, Two Dynasties, and One Nation: Leah and Rahel (Hebrew)

About Dr. Orit Avnery

Dr. Orit Avnery is a research fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute. She is a lecturer in Bible, and Dean of Students at Shalem College. Orit taught Bible studies at Pelech High School for girls and Midreshet Lindenbaum as well as at the Matan Women's Institute for Jewish Studies. Orit's book Liminal Women: Belonging and Otherness in the Books of Ruth and Esther was published by The Shalom Hartman Institute and Keter Press in 2015.