A Spiritual Travel Guide to the World of God: Part I: Packing for the Journey (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781442177901)

Rabbi Michele Medwin first found her connection to God as a child while participating in worship services under the trees at a Jewish summer camp in the Berkshire Mountains, but her journey to becoming a rabbi and writer was indirect and circuitous. Always favoring math and science in high school, she pursued those subjects towards a career path. Michele graduated from Cornell University in 1976 with a B.S. in Human Nutrition. She then went to Pennsylvania College of Optometry where she graduated in 1980 with a Doctor of Optometry degree. Michele was in private practice as an Optometrist for thirteen years when she was inspired by a women rabbi in her congregation to pursue her dream of becoming a rabbi. She sold her practice, took her family with her to Israel where she completed her first year of rabbinical school. Michele was ordained in 1997 at Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion, New York. She is currently the rabbi at a congregation in Upstate New York.