Dr. Ellen M. Umansky is the Carl and Dorothy Bennett Professor of Judaic Studies at Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut. She is currently working on a book focusing on Judaism, liberalism, feminism, and God. She contributed to Who by Fire, Who by Water Un'taneh Tokef, We Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism Ashamnu and Al Chet and All These Vows Kol Nidre (both Jewish Lights).