Speaker Profile Dr. Tamar Ross

Dr. Tamar Ross teaches in the Department of Jewish Philosophy of Bar-Ilan University and at Midreshet Lindenbaum in Jerusalem. A world renowned expert on the work of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, Dr. Ross is also known for her seminal work in the area of  Women and Judaism and in 2004 published the widely hailed book Expanding the Palace of Torah: Orthodoxy and Feminism. Dr. Ross and her husband Yaakov, who is also a Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, have seven children.