Rebbetzin Ruthie Halberstadt was born in South Africa and grew up in Israel. She is a student of Rabbi Mordechai Miller zt"l (Gateshead seminary) and her father Rabbi Akiva Tatz.
She is an inspirational speaker, and has taught in high schools in England and seminaries in Jerusalem. She teaches a wide range of Torah topics, her speciality being deep and relevant Torah for women.
Together with her husband, Rabbi Ilan Halberstadt they lead the Machzikei Hadas community in Golders Green.