Explore texts from the Torah, rabbinic midrash, and modern commentators to uncover the enigmatic figure of Serach bat Asher, an immortal "wise woman" who provides guidance to the Jewish people from the Exodus through the time of the Talmudic sages.

Francesca Rubinson is a third-year Master of Divinity student at Harvard Divinity School. In her academic work, she studies Jewish texts and history with a focus on gender and sexuality. Francesca is passionate about building creative and justice-oriented Jewish communities. She has worked as a university chaplain, hospital chaplain, and legal assistant at a nonprofit serving recent immigrants. Francesca is a day-one patron of Lehrhaus and a big fan of any menu arranged like a page of Talmud.