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	<title>Vanessa Ochs</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[according to Publishers' Weekly, 
"With warmth, erudition and a very contemporary sensibility, Ochs offers reflections on the lives of Old Testament matriarchs that should appeal to women across religious lines. Director of Jewish Studies at the University of Virginia, Ochs uses her own research with unobtrusive grace to shed light on gaps in the biblical stories. While focused on the narratives, she chooses to combine an inspirational self-help message with Jewish lore and the testimony of modern female friends. Most often, she is successful, as when she discusses well-known figures like Sarah, laughing in reaction to the news that she will bear a child in her old age. "Sarah's laughter gives us perspective on our yearning. We can hear her laughter when we hold on to our dreams and when we decide it's time to relinquish them." Even when she grapples with enigmatic or tragic women, like Jephthah's daughter, Ochs finds parallels between their stories and the dilemmas of her modern readers. Divided thematically by topics such as friendship, parenting and healing, the chapters include translations from the Hebrew, a "midrash-like" commentary on the story and practical rituals designed to bring home the diverse lessons of this appealing book. "]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Vanessa Ochs was selected as a member of the <a href="http://www.livedtheology.org/virginia_seminar.html"><strong>Virginia Seminar in Lived Theology</strong></a>, a national work-group of theologians, scholars, practitioners and religion writers convened for four years by her colleague, Charles Marsh, a religious studies professor who founded the <a href="http://www.livedtheology.org/"><strong>Project on Lived Theology</strong></a>. The <a href="http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/newsRelease.php?id=17417"><strong>seminar</strong></a> will produce single-authored volumes on theology and lived experience, modest in length and written in accessible prose for a broad audience.</p>
<p>In the summer of 2012, Ochs will be on the faculty of the Bronfman Summer Youth Fellowship in Israel.</p>
<p>Ochs&#8217; book &#8220;Sarah Laughed&#8221; has been reprinted as a new edition by the Jewish Publication Society.</p>
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