Dr. Steinmetz has authored articles about Bible, rabbinic literature, and Jewish education as well as two books: From Father to Son: Kinship, Conflict, and Continuity in Genesis and Punishment and Freedom: The Rabbinic Construction of Criminal Law. She has taught at the Jewish Theological Seminary, Drisha Institute, and Yeshivat Hadar in New York City,  and at Havruta: A Beit Midrash at Hebrew University. Dr. Steinmetz is the founder of Beit Rabban, a day school in New York City that is profiled in Daniel Pekarsky’s book, Vision at Work: A Portrait of Beit Rabban. She serves as consultant for the Mandel Foundation in North America.