Chava Weissler is Philip and Muriel Berman Professor of Jewish Civilization in the Religion Studies Department of Lehigh University. She is the author of Voices of the Matriarchs: Listening to the Prayers of Early Modern Jewish Women, and Making Judaism Meaningful: Ambivalence and Tradition in a Havurah Community. She teaches courses on women in Jewish history, Jewish folklore, classical Jewish texts, and Jewish and American popular religion.