cover image Words on Fire

Words on Fire

Vanessa L. Ochs, Ochs. Harvest Books, $20 (340pp) ISBN 978-0-15-698363-1

Feminist and Yale scholar Ochs, who went to Israel to study sacred texts, discovered through female role models that women can play an active part in often male-dominated Jewish learning. ``Her observations on Israel's nascent feminist movement and the personal narratives of the women she encountered are interwoven into this deeply felt spiritual journey,'' said PW. (Nov.)