she earned a ba at oranim academic college and the university of haifa, and went on to earn her ma and ph.d. degrees in talmud from the hebrew university of jerusalem. in 1989, she established the first israeli secular, pluralistic and egalitarian beth midrash for women and men. in 1996 she founded alma, which seeks to acquaint secular israelis with hebrew culture. she hosted a tv show on channel 2 that invited guests to discuss classic and modern jewish texts.