Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg is the author of Surprised By God: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Religion (Beacon Press), nominated for the Sami Rohr Prize in Jewish Literature; editor of The Passionate Torah: Sex and Judaism (NYU Press) and Yentl's Revenge: The Next Wave of Jewish Feminism (Seal Press); and co-editor, with Rabbi Elliot Dorff, of three books on Jewish ethics: Sex and Intimacy (JPS); War and National Security (JPS, August 2010); and Social Justice (JPS, August 2010). She's also a contributing editor to Sh'ma: A Journal of Jewish Ideas, Lilith, and the academic journal Women and Judaism.In 2013, Newsweek and The Daily Beast named her as one of ten "rabbis to watch." In 2010, the Forward recognized her as one of the top 50 most influential women rabbis, and the Jewish Week recognized her as one of the "36 Under 36″ (36 most influential leaders under age 36). Her work has appeared in a wide range of venues, from Salon and The San Francisco Chronicle to Best Jewish Writing series, the new edition of Encyclopedia Judaica, and Bitch magazine's Bitchfest. Before receiving her rabbinic ordination from the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies in Los Angeles, she grew up in the Chicago area, received her B.A. in Religious Studies from Brown University and worked in San Francisco as a freelance writer. Rabbi Ruttenberg lives in the Chicago area with her family and teaches and lectures nationwide. More information about her, as well as contact information, can be found at http://danyaruttenberg.net/.