Lapide taught at the Lutheran University of Applied Sciences Nuremberg, appeared on television, and was an advisor to the German Bishops' Conference.
[1][3][4] Ina Hartwig, Frankfurt's city councillor responsible for culture and science, wrote: "Ruth Lapide was in many respects an exceptional figure.
As a religious scholar, she not only possessed exceptional professional expertise, but despite detailed knowledge of the historical ramifications of Judaism and Christianity, she always maintained a perspective that emphasised what united them.
With her great services to the Christian-Jewish dialogue, Ruth Lapide made a significant contribution to the development of the culture of remembrance in Germany."
Als Religionswissenschaftlerin besaß sie nicht nur eine außergewöhnliche fachliche Expertise, sondern bewahrte sich trotz detaillierter Kenntnisse der historischen Verästelungen von Juden- und Christentum stets eine Perspektive, die das Verbindende betont.
Mit ihren großen Verdiensten um den christlich-jüdischen Dialog lieferte Ruth Lapide für die Entwicklung der bundesdeutschen Erinnerungskultur einen maßgeblichen Beitrag".
[9] The same year, she received the Ehrenplakette of Frankfurt [de], for her decades-long dedication to fostering understanding between Jews and Christians, to reconciliation with Israel, and to a rapprochement of the three great monotheistic religions.