Fresh and relatable reflections on the parshah and Yamim Tovim, filled with personal anecdotes

Book: Up to G–d

Author: D'vorah Miller

Publisher: Mosaica

The book in two lines

Fresh and relatable reflections on the parshah and Yamim Tovim, filled with personal anecdotes that capture the insight of a dynamic Jewish mother and educator.

The author in three lines

D’vorah Miller has been teaching Jewish Studies, relationships, self-esteem, and spirituality for over 30 years. She designs Jewish Studies curricula and mentors educators and parents. D’vorah and her husband, Rabbi Shmuel Miller, are the blessed parents of eight children. They live in St Louis, MO.

The story behind the book

In 2009, we lived in Boston and worked for NCSY. I started to write letters to NCSY alumni, parents, and investors, including personal updates and thoughtful ideas on the weekly parshah. My husband sent a few of those letters to Rabbi Doron Kornbluth (copublisher of Mosaica Press with Rabbi Yaakov Haber). Rabbi Kornbluth responded enthusiastically, encouraging me to write more of the same and to send a full manuscript. It would be 12(!) years until I finally completed that manuscript, which would include articles I’d written while living in Eretz Yisrael, England, Boston, South Africa, Baltimore, and California.