Danya Rut­ten­berg was named one of ​“10 Rab­bis to Watch” by Newsweek and one of The Jew­ish Week’s ​“36 Under 36.” Her writ­ing has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Salon, and oth­ers. Her first book, Sur­prised By God, was a Sami Rohr Prize final­ist and a Hadas­sah Book Club selec­tion. She lives in Chica­go with her hus­band and sons.