Words On Fire: One Woman's Journey Into The Sacred

When Vanessa Ochs began to suspect her various ailments were due to her leading an "unsanctified life", she decided to use her husband's sabbatical year in Jerusalem to explore the sacred books of Judaism. Armed with the names of women who teach these sacred texts, she set out on a journey of discovery, eventually reconciling her feminist views with the "sexist" views of traditional Judaism. A National Jewish Book Award nominee.