Wrote a newsletter
"Jewish tradition goes out of its way—way out of its way—to emphasize Ruth’s less-than-stellar family background. It is therefore surprising that Boaz and Ruth the Moabite convert would merit to be the ancestors of King David, their great-grandson."

— For 49 Steps, a project of Limmud North America.

Limmud NA brings Jewish learning to the broad American and Canadian Jewish communities, and 49 Steps offers mediation for each day of the period between Passover (marking the exodus from Egypt) and Shavuot (the revelation of the Torah.