Dorit Kedar is an artist, theorist, art critic, and curator. She holds degrees in translation, comparative literature, philosophy, Eastern philosophy, and art history and obtained her PhD in Creative Arts from Union College, Cincinnati. She currently teaches art history and Eastern philosophy at the Midrasha - Faulty of the Arts at Beit Berl College, Israel. She is the founder and head of the Center of Interreligious Peace in Tel Aviv.