Ruth Calderon (Hebrew: רות קלדרון; born 25 September 1961) is an Israeli academic and politician.

Ruth Calderon was born in Tel Aviv to a Sephardic father who emigrated to British controlled Mandatory Palestine from Bulgaria and an Ashkenazi mother originally from Germany.

She grew up in what she describes as "a very Jewish, very Zionist, secular-traditional-religious home that combined Ashkenaz and Sepharad, Betar and Hashomer Hatzair," and attended public schools.

She hosted a TV show on Channel 2 that invited guests to discuss classic and modern Jewish texts.

[5] Her initial speech on the floor of the Knesset included personal anecdotes and talmudic quotations in a plea for mutual understanding and respect, and became a YouTube sensation.