Welcome!

About Empowering Ruth

Empowering Ruth is a free program sponsored by the Jewish Outreach Institute that supports women Jews-by-choice through a virtual email community and through an education course. See below to sign up for the Empowering Ruth listserve. Watch this space for future announcements about upcoming courses. To learn more about the Empowering Ruth course, click here.

The Empowering Ruth Listserve

You can subscribe to the listserve in the next section.

Once subscribed, to post a message to all the list members, send email to empoweringruth@joi.org. (Please allow time for your message to be approved by the moderator before it reaches the listserve.)

To see the collection of prior postings to the list, or to change your existing subscription settings, visit the Empowering Ruth Archives.

If you need help, please email listserve moderator Liz Marcovitz at LMarcovitz@JOI.org.

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Required questions are marked with *

Are you a woman who has converted, or is in the process of converting, to Judaism?*
	Yes, I am.
	No, but I'm interested in learning more about this program.
Please tell us what interests you most about Empowering Ruth or how you think the program could best be of help to you: *
(NOTE: If you are a Jewish communal professional or lay leader interested in bringing Empowering Ruth to your community, please email Liz Marcovitz directly rather than complete this form, thank you.)
First Name*
Last Name*
Email*
City*
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Would you prefer to receive only the digest version of the listserve?*
	No
	Yes (The digest compiles all the posts into a maximum of one email a day)
Scroll down and hit "submit" if you do not want to complete the optional questions below.
To receive "snail mail" and occasional free giveaways from Empowering Ruth and the Jewish Outreach Institute, include your full mailing address and any other information you feel comfortable sharing. (Note: We only mail to the US and Canada)
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What is your religion of birth?	Choose one -> Catholicism Protestantism Other Christianity Islam Hinduism Buddhism Other Eastern Religion Judaism, without conversion No Religion Other Religion
What is your marital status?	Choose one -> Single Married/Partnered Divorced/Separated Widow Other
What do you need the most support with from the Empowering Ruth Listserve?
How did you hear about Empowering Ruth?
Would you be interested in taking the free Empowering Ruth: The Course, an eight-month, twice-monthly educational course for women who are Jews-by-choice, if it were offered in your town?
Yes, I would take the course.
No, I wouldn't take the course.