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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.
NBN Episodes hosted by Matthew:
September 11, 2024
Modern Musar
Today I talked to Geoffrey D. Claussen about Modern Musar: Contested Virtues in Jewish Thought (Jewish Publication Society, 2022). How do modern Jews…
August 5, 2024
Judaism Is About Love
A common misconception has shaped the history of the West: Christianity is seen as the religion of love, and Judaism as the religion of law. Addressin…
April 19, 2024
The Promise of Liberty
In The Promise of Liberty: A Passover Haggada (Maggid, 2024) you will find, alongside the traditional Haggada text, how American abolitionists and ar…
March 22, 2024
Haftorah Unrolled
Haftorah Unrolled explores the weekly readings from the Prophets (known as the "haftorah") and their connections to the corresponding Torah portions. …
March 21, 2024
The Devash Megillat Esther
The Devash Megillat Esther (Hadar Press, 2024) includes the full Hebrew Megillah text, an original kid-friendly English translation, and carefully sel…
January 27, 2024
Across the Expanse of Jewish Thought
Drawing on Isaiah Berlin’s influential essay, “The Hedgehog and the Fox,” Hillel Goldberg opens this volume: “By commitment I am a hedgehog – I believ…
December 9, 2023
101 Treasures from the National Library of Israel
101 Treasures from the National Library of Israel (Scala Arts, 2022) provides a thematic journey through the rich and diverse collections of the Natio…
December 2, 2023
ArchitecTorah
Joshua Skarf's book ArchitecTorah: Architectural Ideas in Judaism and the Weekly Torah Portion (Urim, 2023) is a collection of 178 short essays that i…
November 20, 2023
Tribal Blueprints
The Jewish nation begins with a collection of twelve brothers and half-brothers, linked through their father, Jacob. From these close familiar beginni…
October 24, 2023
The Book of Genesis with Commentary and Insights from 500 Sages and Mystics
Yanki Tauber's The Book of Genesis with Commentary and Insights from 500 Sages and Mystics (Open Book Press, 2022) features a new foundational English…
September 15, 2023
Before Hashem You Shall Be Purified
Between the late 1950s through 1980, Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik zt"l ("the Rav") annually delivered a two- to four-hour lecture (derashah) in Yiddis…
September 14, 2023
Reimagining Repentance
Matisyahu Shulman's Reimagining Repentance: Experiencing the High Holidays Through the Lens of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (Kodesh, 2023) is uni…
August 16, 2023
Care and Covenant
The Jewish tradition has important perspectives, history and wisdom that can contribute significantly to crucial contemporary healthcare deliberations…
April 3, 2023
The Intellect and the Exodus
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 …
March 4, 2023
The Koren Tanakh Graphic Novel: Esther
The Koren Tanakh Graphic Novel: Esther (Koren, 2023) contains the complete unabridged Hebrew text of Megillat Esther, and is suitable for use on Purim…
March 3, 2023
Faith Fulfilled
Faith Fulfilled: Megillat Esther and Ma'ariv Evening Service for Purim (Urim Publications, 2022) presents selections of the writings of Rabbi Eliezer …
February 26, 2023
Haroset
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. Harose…
February 19, 2023
The Koren Tanakh of the Land of Israel
The Koren Tanakh of the Land of Israel: Exodus (Koren, 2020) offers an innovative and refreshing approach to the Hebrew Bible. By fusing extraordinar…
February 12, 2023
Iggerot Malkhei Rabbanan
This book, or one might say sefer ('book of religious significance'), collects letters from leading Torah scholars to professor Marc B. Shapiro from o…
January 13, 2023
Psyched for Torah
Today I talked to Rabbi Dr. Mordechai Schiffman about his book Psyched for Torah (Kodesh Press, 2022). His writings on the weekly parsha exude complet…
January 11, 2023
Etrog
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…
November 25, 2022
Judaism Straight Up
In Judaism Straight Up: Why Real Religion Endures (Maggid, 2020), Moshe Koppel explores the central differences between traditional societies - includ…
November 18, 2022
Was Yosef on the Spectrum?
Samuel J. Levine's Was Yosef on the Spectrum?: Understanding Joseph Through Torah, Midrash, and Classical Jewish Sources (Urim Publications, 2018) off…
October 7, 2022
Be Fruitful!
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…