Miriam Margles

I'm a rabbi, artist, educator and activist, currently living and working in Toronto's Jewish commu­nity. Integrating Jewish learning, commu­nity building, and creative explo­ration through music, move­ment, and writing, I facil­i­tate work­shops with various popu­la­tions, including commu­ni­ties in conflict, women in prison, Israeli agunot (Jewish women denied a divorce by their husbands) and the next gener­a­tion. I am the co-founder of Encounter, dedi­cated to strength­ening the capacity of the Jewish people to be construc­tive agents of change in trans­forming the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A composer of orig­inal litur­gical music as well as a published poet, I've worked with the Institute for Jewish Spirituality, TOVA Artistic Projects for Social Change, and The Nesiya Institute. I'm an alumna of the Wexner Graduate Fellowship and the Jerusalem Fellows at the Mandel Leadership Institute. I hold a Master's degree in Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in creative writing from York University. I'm in the process of recording an album of Jewish prayersongs. Stay tuned!