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About Matthew Miller

Matthew Miller, is a graduate of Yeshivat Yesodei HaTorah. He studied Jewish Studies and Linguistics at McGill for his BA and completed an MA in Hebrew Linguistics at Queen Mary University of London. He works with Jewish organizations in media and content distribution, such as TheHabura.com and RabbiEfremGoldberg.org. He currently works as a senior market research analyst at G2 and lives in Chicago with his wife, Georgia, and daughter.

Matthew Miller is a graduate of Yeshivat Yesodei HaTorah. He studied Jewish Studies and Linguistics at McGill for his BA and completed an MA in Hebrew Linguistics at Queen Mary University of London. He works with Jewish organizations in media and content distribution, such as TheHabura.com and RabbiEfremGoldberg.org.

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NBN Episodes hosted by Matthew:

Jewish Studies April 3, 2023

The Intellect and the Exodus

Jeremy Kagan

Hosted by Matthew Miller
Developing emuna, or faith in God, is extraordinarily challenging in our day. Emuna may have sat comfortably with us as we dwelt among the worshiping cultures of the ancient Near …
Jewish Studies March 4, 2023

The Koren Tanakh Graphic Novel: Esther

Jordan Gorfinkel

Hosted by Matthew Miller
The Koren Tanakh Graphic Novel: Esther (Koren, 2023) contains the complete unabridged Hebrew text of Megillat Esther, and is suitable for use on Purim and for year-round study and enjoyment …
Jewish Studies March 3, 2023

Faith Fulfilled

Megillat Esther and Ma'ariv Evening Service for Purim

Reuven Mohl

Hosted by Matthew Miller
Faith Fulfilled: Megillat Esther and Ma'ariv Evening Service for Purim (Urim Publications, 2022) presents selections of the writings of Rabbi Eliezer Berkovits, one of the major Jewish philosophers of the …
Jewish Studies February 26, 2023

Haroset

A Taste of Jewish History

Susan Weingarten

Hosted by Matthew Miller
While every cultures cuisine tells a story, there are few foods that carry as much history and meaning as do those on the Passover Seder plate. Haroset: A Taste of …
Jewish Studies February 19, 2023

The Koren Tanakh of the Land of Israel

Exodus

David Arnovitz

Hosted by Matthew Miller
The Koren Tanakh of the Land of Israel: Exodus (Koren, 2020) offers an innovative and refreshing approach to the Hebrew Bible. By fusing extraordinary findings by modern scholars on the ancient …
Jewish Studies February 12, 2023

Iggerot Malkhei Rabbanan

Letters From Leading Torah Scholars to Melekh (Marc B.) Shapiro

Marc B. Shapiro

Hosted by Matthew Miller
This book, or one might say sefer ('book of religious significance'), collects letters from leading Torah scholars to professor Marc B. Shapiro from over a 30 year period. Both the subject matter …
Jewish Studies January 13, 2023

Psyched for Torah

Mordechai Schiffman

Hosted by Matthew Miller
Today I talked to Rabbi Dr. Mordechai Schiffman about his book Psyched for Torah (Kodesh Press, 2022). His writings on the weekly parsha exude complete fluency in both traditional Jewish sources like Talmud …
Jewish Studies January 11, 2023

Etrog

How A Chinese Fruit Became a Jewish Symbol

David Z. Moster

Hosted by Matthew Miller
Every year before the holiday of Sukkot, Jews all around the world purchase an etrog―a lemon-like fruit―to participate in the holiday ritual. In Etrog: How A Chinese Fruit Became a …
Jewish Studies November 25, 2022

Judaism Straight Up

Why Real Religion Endures

Moshe Koppel

Hosted by Matthew Miller
In Judaism Straight Up: Why Real Religion Endures (Maggid, 2020), Moshe Koppel explores the central differences between traditional societies - including traditional Judaism - and contemporary cosmopolitan ones. He explains …
Jewish Studies November 18, 2022

Was Yosef on the Spectrum?

Understanding Joseph Through Torah, Midrash, and Classical Jewish Sources

Samuel J. Levine

Hosted by Matthew Miller
Samuel J. Levine's Was Yosef on the Spectrum?: Understanding Joseph Through Torah, Midrash, and Classical Jewish Sources (Urim Publications, 2018) offers a coherent and cohesive reading of the well-known Biblical …
Jewish Studies October 7, 2022

Be Fruitful!

The Etrog in Jewish Art, Culture and History

Warren Klein, Sharon Liberman Mintz, and Joshua Teplitsky

Hosted by Matthew Miller
The etrog is a curious fruit. The Bible commands its readers: “And you shall take for yourselves on the first day beautiful tree-fruit (peri etz hadar), palm fronds, boughs of …
Jewish Studies September 19, 2022

Sin•a•gogue

Sin and Failure in Jewish Thought

David Bashevkin

Hosted by Matthew Miller
By its very nature, the ideals of religion entail sin and failure. Judaism has its own language and framework for sin that expresses themselves both legally and philosophically. Both legal …
Jewish Studies September 13, 2022

Dirshuni

Contemporary Women's Midrash

Tamar Biala

Hosted by Matthew Miller
Dirshuni: Contemporary Women's Midrash (Brandeis UP, 2022), is the first-ever English edition of a historic collection of midrashim composed by Israeli women, which has been long-anticipated by multiple American audiences …
Jewish Studies August 23, 2022

Esther in America

Stu Halpern

Hosted by Matthew Miller
The Book of Esther has inspired and impacted the American project since its very inception. Rabbis and ethicists, abolitionists and artists, preachers and presidents, have understood the text to speak …
Jewish Studies August 10, 2022

The Crowns on the Letters

Essays on the Aggada and the Lives of the Sages

Ari D. Kahn

Hosted by Matthew Miller
Rabbi Ari Kahn’s The Crowns on the Letters: Essays on the Aggada and the Lives of the Sages (OU Press, 2020) represents a major achievement in the study of the lives …
Jewish Studies August 3, 2022

Thinking about Good and Evil

Jewish Views from Antiquity to Modernity

Wayne Allen

Hosted by Matthew Miller
Today I talked to Rabbi Wayne Allen about his book Thinking about Good and Evil: Jewish Views from Antiquity to Modernity (U Nebraska Press, 2021). Starting with the Bible and Apocrypha …
Jewish Studies July 22, 2022

The Biblical Hero

Portraits in Nobility and Fallibility

Elliott Rabin

Hosted by Matthew Miller
Today I talked to Elliott Rabin about his book The Biblical Hero: Portraits in Nobility and Fallibility (Jewish Publication Society, 2020). Approaching the Bible in an original way—comparing biblical heroes to heroes …
Jewish Studies July 13, 2022

Towards the Mystical Experience of Modernity

The Making of Rav Kook, 1865-1904

Yehudah Mirsky

Hosted by Matthew Miller
Avraham Yitzhaq Ha-Cohen Kook (1865-1935) stands as a colossal figure of modern Jewish history and thought. Jurist, mystic, poet, theologian, communal leader, founder of the modern Chief Rabbinate and still …
Jewish Studies July 4, 2022

Rav Kook

Mystic in a Time of Revolution

Yehudah Mirsky

Hosted by Matthew Miller
A powerfully original thinker, Rav Kook combined strict traditionalism and an embrace of modernity, Orthodoxy and tolerance, piety and audacity, scholasticism and ecstasy, and passionate nationalism with profound universalism. Though …
Jewish Studies May 25, 2022

When Rabbis Bless Congress

The Great American Story of Jewish Prayers on Capitol Hill

Howard Mortman

Hosted by Matthew Miller
Howard Mortman's book When Rabbis Bless Congress: The Great American Story of Jewish Prayers on Capitol Hill (Cherry Orchard, 2020) is about the rabbis. It’s an unprecedented examination of 160 years …
Jewish Studies August 4, 2021

Olam Ha-zeh V'olam Ha-ba

This World and the World to Come in Jewish Belief and Practice

Leonard J. Greenspoon

Hosted by Matthew Miller
Olam Ha-zeh V'olam Ha-ba: This World and the World to Come in Jewish Belief and Practice (Purdue UP, 2017), for which Professor Greenspoon served as the editor, explores Jewish notions …