Vanessa
L.
Ochs
University of Virginia
Samuel T. Lachs Visiting Scholar
Bio
Vanessa L. Ochs is a professor emerita in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia where she cofounded the Jewish Studies Program. Ochs was awarded a creative writing fellowship by the National Endowment for the Arts. Her book, Inventing Jewish Ritual won the 2007 National Jewish Book Award.
Ochs earned her Ph.D. from Drew University.
Selected publications
- The Passover Haggadah: A Biography (Princeton University Press, 2020).
- Sarah Laughed: Modern Lessons from the Wisdom and Stories of Biblical Women (University of Nebraska Press, 2011).
