Rabbi Ruhi Sophia Motzkin Rubenstein has served as the lead Rabbi of Temple Beth Israel: Center for Jewish Life in Eugene, Oregon, since her ordination from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in 2015. Prior to rabbinical training, she worked as a Jewish environmental educator with the Teva Learning Alliance and was a New Israel Fund-Shatil Social Justice Fellow. She grew up in Saratoga Springs and has studied and lived in Costa Rica and Jerusalem. Ruhi Sophia graduated from Smith College in 2007.
Since moving to Eugene, where she lives with her husband and three daughters, Rabbi Ruhi Sophia has been active in local, regional and national interfaith social justice organizing. Rabbi Ruhi Sophia leads and composes liturgical music for her community, and often leads chants and songs at local rallies and protests.