Ruth Hiller was born in the USA and came to Israel when still in her teens. Naively fascinated by the prospect of living in a Utopian environment, she moved to Kibbutz Haogen, north of Tel Aviv. She still lives there with Gary, her lifetime partner, and their 6 children.

She is a long time peace activist and a founding member of New Profile, The Movement to Civilize Israeli Society, a feminist oriented grassroots movement of women and men founded in 1998. Her work in New Profile focuses on the demilitarization of Israeli society, including changing the present conscription laws and ending the mandatory draft of young Jewish men and women. . Two of her sons have already refused to serve and a third is preparing to do so. Her oldest son, Yinnon, was the first pacifist in Israel to get an exemption from the military via an appeal to the High Court of Justice, though the army released him at the last minute to avoid establishing a legal precedent. Ruth supported and guided his six-year struggle with the military and courts, and New Profile acted as her support group, sounding board, and channel for fundraising.

Ruth has published several reflective pieces on this process and on her involvement in New Profile, in both English and Italian venues. She has represented New Profile before the European Parliament and Belgian Senate and before peace and women's groups in Italy, Germany, and Belgium. She is a member of an international dialogue group focusing on Peace and Gender with other German, Palestinian and Israeli women.