Shira Marili Mirvis (
Hebrew
Hebrew (; ''ʿÎbrit'') is a Northwest Semitic languages, Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family. A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by the Israelites and ...
: שירה מרילי מירוויס; born 1980), is an Israeli
Open Orthodox public figure and teacher. In April, 2021 she was chosen as the spiritual leader of th
Shirat HaTamarsynagogue in
Efrat Efrat (Hebrew: אפרת) is a name with Hebrew origins that can also refer to:
* Efrat (given name), Israeli given name
* Efrat (surname), Israeli surname
*Efrat (Israeli settlement)
Efrat (), or previously officially Efrata (), is an Israeli s ...
. She is the first woman to hold the position of sole spiritual leader of an Open Orthodox community in Israel. Marili Mirvis was officially installed by the Chief Rabbi of Efrat
Shlomo Riskin
Shlomo Riskin (; born May 28, 1940) is an Orthodox rabbi, and the founding rabbi of Lincoln Square Synagogue on the Upper West Side of New York City, which he led for 20 years; founding chief rabbi of the Israeli settlement of Efrat in the Is ...
. In February 2022
Globes named her one of the 50 most influential women in Israel and in June of that year it was announced that she would be appointed by Religious Affairs Minister
Matan Kahana
Matan Kahana (; born 29 July 1972) is an Israeli politician who served as Minister of Religious Services and as a member of Knesset for New Right and Yamina. He was an officer in the IDF with the rank of colonel, who served as a combat soldi ...
as the interim chair of the Efrat municipality's religious council. In addition, Marili Mirvis is a fellow of th
Honey Foundation for Israel
Marili Mirvis is a graduate of the Women's Institute for Halakhic Leadership at
Midreshet Lindenbaum and likewise holds a BA in Psychology and Information Sciences from
Bar-Ilan University
Bar-Ilan University (BIU, , ''Universitat Bar-Ilan'') is a public research university in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel. Established in 1955, Bar Ilan is Israel's second-largest academic university institution. It has 20,000 ...
. The Shirat HaTamar community which she leads consists of around 45 families from various Jewish ethnic traditions: Ashkenazi Jews as well as Jews of Tunisian, Yemenite, and Moroccan origin.
One of its aims is “to include women as much as possible within the guidelines of halacha".
Marili Mirvis is married to Shlomo Mirvis, founder and CEO of the tech startu
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Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis, Chief Rabbi of United Kingdom and the Commonwealth.
They have five children.
See also
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Dina Brawer
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Lila Kagedan
Lila Kagedan ( years old) is a Canadian-born Jewish rabbi who in 2016 became the first woman with the title rabbi to be hired by an Open Orthodox synagogue. This occurred when Mount Freedom Jewish Center in New Jersey hired Kagedan to join their ...
References
External links
Shirat HaTamar SynagogueSusi Bradfield Women’s Institute of Halakhic LeadershipA Parsha of their Own(פרשה משלהן; Hebrew podcast hosted by Marili Mirvis and Chamutal Shoval)
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1980 births
Living people
Orthodox women rabbis
Religious Zionists
Israeli Orthodox rabbis
Israeli settlers
21st-century Israeli women educators
21st-century Israeli educators
Bar-Ilan University alumni
Open Orthodox Judaism