It’s not always easy to find the right words. Sometimes it’s easier not to pick up the phone, or avoid a conversation. If you can relate...

I’m sure we’ve all come across clickbait headlines like “The 2 most shocking rules the royal family has to keep”. I followed one of these...

The P word - skipping or shielding? Is it too early to say the P word? It’s hard not to think about it in these weeks of reading the...

The choir practice and the packing list It’s Shabbat Shira - the parasha in which we read the Song of the Sea, Shirat HaYam - sung first...

There’s a thrill in writing about parashat Bereishit. We may have read it dozens of times before, but the epic words with which our...

Welcome to the book of Bemidbar, the story of the first wanderings in the desert of our wandering people. It’s a dark book with an...

Behar presents us with the Torah’s radical vision for society, which isn’t capitalism or socialism, but is a utopian vision of its own:...

I don’t know about your household, but there’s a certain time in the year which is “too soon” to talk about the Chagim. The Torah has no...

Parashat Toldot Divar Torah by Miriam Lorie - 24th November 2022 Our parasha is named Toldot, and begins with the words וְאֵלֶּה...

This week, Miriam Lorie is joined by her colleague Sarah Beth Neville @sarah_beth_nev this week to discuss the parasha Toldot. Isaac...

This week Miriam is joined by her friend Sarah-Beth Neville. Isaac digging wells isn't the most obvious place to go in this week's...

This week's parasha is called "how I met your daugher" (also Chayei Sarah). We all know that honesty is the best policy. But what about...

Listen to our very own, Miriam Arkush Lorie, Rabbi-inTraining's latest Radio 2 Pause for Thought with Zoe Ball here:...

When did the world first lose its light? How did this give rise to Judaism’s most primordial holiday? And what does it teach us about...

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Miriam is joined this week by her 'Pause for thought' friend, Remona. The Rambam said that Islam and Christianity pave the path towards...

While the distressing news continues, Maharat students have been fortunate to come together in New York. It's always so great to be with...

To the very dear Kehillat Nashira community, I’m writing from Riverdale, New York, from a gathering of my Yeshiva. It’s very good to be...

JEWISH ORTHODOX FEMINIST ALLIANCE JOFA seeks to expand the spiritual, ritual, intellectual and political opportunities for women within...

Women are leading prayers at traditional UK synagogues READ ON... Written by Michael Freedland The Times, August 24th 2013