Carole B. Balin | |
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| Born | Carole Beth Balin 1964 (age 59–60) |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | B.A. history, Wellesley College, 1986 M.A. Hebrew letters, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, 1989 M. Phil., Columbia University, 1994 PhD, history, Columbia University, 1998 |
| Occupation | Professor of Jewish history |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Employer | Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion |
| Notable work | To Reveal Our Hearts: Jewish Women Writers in Tsarist Russia (2003) |
| Spouse | Michael E. Gertzman |
| Children | 3 |
Carole Beth Balin (born 1964) is a Reform rabbi and professor of Jewish history at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York City. Her research interests include Eastern European and American Jewish history, the history of Reform Judaism, and gender studies. She received laudatory reviews for her 2003 book To Reveal Our Hearts: Jewish Women Writers in Tsarist Russia, and has co-edited two other books. She is a co-curator of "Bat Mitzvah Comes of Age", a traveling exhibition sponsored by the Smithsonian-affiliated National Museum of American Jewish History and the Moving Traditions Jewish non-profit.