CALDERON, Ruth << back to list Ruth Calderon is the founder and director of Alma College (1996) - a liberal arts center in Tel Aviv specializing in the study of Hebrew Culture. In 1989 she founded Elul, which offers Jewish studies on the basis of equality for men and women, religious and non-religious scholars. After receiving her PhD at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, she was a graduate of the first class of the Mandel School for Educational Leadership and received the prestigious Avichai Prize in 1997. Bibliography & Foreign sales A BRIDE FOR ONE NIGHT (non-fiction) 2009 Ruth Calderon’s A Bride for One Night is a fascinating exploration of some of the liveliest and most colorful stories in the Talmud. Calderon rewrites Talmudic legends as richly-imagined fictions, drawing us into the lives of such characters as the woman who risks her life for a sister suspected of adultery; a humble schoolteacher who rescues his village from drought; and the wife who dresses as a prostitute to seduce her pious husband in their garden. Breathing new life into an ancient text, A Bride for One Night offers a surprising and provocative read, both for anyone already intimate with the Talmud and to anyone interested in one of the most canonical works of Jewish literature. Rights sold to: Israel: Keter Publishing House