Michal Raucher (she/her) is Associate Professor of Jewish Studies at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, where she teaches courses on religion and reproduction, women and gender in contemporary religion, and Israel/Palestine.
Her research focuses on women in contemporary Judaism, reproductive ethics, and religious authority. Raucher is the author of Conceiving Agency: Reproductive Authority among Haredi Women (Indiana University Press, 2020), an ethnography of Israeli ultra-Orthodox Jewish women’s reproductive ethics. She is writing her second book, The New Rabbis, an ethnography of women rabbis in American Orthodoxy. Dr. Raucher is a principal investigator on two studies exploring the intersection of religious identity and abortion. She has interviewed over 100 Jews who have had abortions in America since 1973. Dr. Raucher earned her Ph.D. in religious studies from Northwestern University. She also has degrees from the University of Pennsylvania, The Jewish Theological Seminary, and Columbia University.
Research Area: Reproductive Health and Rights
