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Rachel Biale
Rachel Biale grew up in Kibbutz Kfar Ruppin in Israel. After completing her IDF service she came to the US (married to David Biale) and earned a BA and MA in Jewish History at UCLA...view moreRachel Biale grew up in Kibbutz Kfar Ruppin in Israel. After completing her IDF service she came to the US (married to David Biale) and earned a BA and MA in Jewish History at UCLA and a Master of Social Work at Yeshiva University.Rachel is the author of the path-breaking "Women and Jewish Law" (Schocken, 1984) which received the Kenneth Smilen Award in Jewish Thought from the National Jewish Book Council in 1985. The book remains in print - an important volume in the growing field of Jewish Feminism and Jewish Women’s History. In 2020 she published a memoir, "Growing Up Below Sea Level: A Kibbutz Childhood" (Mandel Vilar Press), and a parenting advice book, "What Now? 2-Minute Tips for Solving Common Parenting Challenges" (Koehler Books). Rachel has also written and illustrated several children’s books.Rachel has worked in the Bay Area Jewish community in various capacities for twenty-five years and has been active in community life related to Jewish culture and learning, Jewish feminism, Israel, and social justice. She has a parenting counseling practice and wrote a parenting advice column for the community’s weekly paper, the J., for three years.Rachel also writes and illuminates Ketubot – Jewish marriage contracts.view less
Books by Rachel Biale
Growing Up Below Sea Level: A Kibbutz Childhood Lost and Found Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAerograms Across the Ocean Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5