Rabbi Tamara Miller

I was recently featured in Washington Jewish Week!

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New Blog Post The Return of a Lost Object: 60 years later

Mother's Day tribute/ Yehuda Amichai/ Israeli Poet

My Mother Was a Prophet My mother was a prophet and didn’t know it, Not like Miriam the Prophetess dancing with cymbals and tambourines, not like Deborah who sat under the palm tree and judged the people, not like H…

New Blog Post Walk On

The Uber Hamsa The blue Hamsa hung from his dashboard so I had to ask. “Tell me about the Hamsa.” “Oh” he said, “A very special woman gave it to me for protection.” “What a coincidence, I just came back from Morocco and the Hamsas were everywhere.” Then, as his comfort level increased, he unveiled ...

New Blog Post The Eternity of Preparation

Renewing my Spiritualetters

Preparing for Re-Creation We last wrote to each other in July 2020. The world shut down a few months before (March 2020) and, frankly, so did I. The Covid pause lasted longer than anyone (except the scientists) could have predicted. Denial went viral. Was there really anything new for me to say? How would my blog Spiritualet...

Me and Winston Churchill in the former Anfa Hotel (today the American consulate)

My commentary on Parshat Naso published in the Washington Jewish Week.

Stop, don’t look, and listen Stop, don’t look, and listen May 25, 2018 By Rabbi Tamara Miller Leave a Comment This week’s Torah portion is Naso, Numbers 4:21-7:89. Looking down from the women’s balcony, I noticed a group of men wearing blue-and-black- striped tallitot over their heads. The pageantry was unfolding and, lik...

It's All About the Book! Moadim L'Simcha The rejoicing continues throughout Sukkot. May you all be sealed for a favorable New Year 5778 I will be interviewed by Susan Barocas, local writer and friend, Wednesday, November 1 7:00-8:15pm You are the Book: A Spiritual Memoir The event is sponsored by the Jewish Studies Center a...