She directs a mentoring program for rabbinical students and serves as Rabbi of the Beit Midrash at HUC-JIR in Los Angeles. A trained Jewish spiritual director, Ruth co-directs the Yedidya Center and Morei Derekh Training Program in Jewish Spiritual Direction and offers individual and group spiritual companioning. Her articles, Biblical commentary, midrash, and poetry have appeared in various anthologies and periodicals.