MEET

Rabbi Miriam Lorie

I am a Jewish educator and newly-minted Rabbi, one of the first British orthodox women to undertake semicha. My work is driven by a desire to inspire people with a Judaism which is affirmative, relevant, joyful, intellectually solid and centred around Jewish sources.

I'm the Rabbi at Kehillat Nashira, a warm, inclusive partnership minyan community in Borehamwood. I'm an Eden Centre-trained pre-marriage teacher and a Bnei Mitzvah teacher, a hospital chaplain, and a regular contributor to BBC Radio 2's Pause for Thought.

My studies have included Midreshet Harova and Pardes in Jerusalem, and semicha studies at Yeshivat Maharat. I read Theology & Religious Studies at Cambridge, and worked in inter-faith dialogue for nearly a decade – these experiences inform my teaching with insights from and comparisons with the worlds of philosophy, academic religious studies and other faiths.