Like all women, Miriam is a complex human being, whom I cannot fully understand. In this week’s portion she dies suddenly, leaving me as puzzled as I have always been with her role as a leader. I am ...

The Hebrew Bible relates that Miriam the Prophetess, today a popular figure among Jewish feminists, was married to Caleb ben Yefuneh. Though she died in the wilderness of Zin, her widower miraculously ...

Miriam was an exceptional person. The Torah gives an amazing accolade to her when describing her as Miriam HaNeviah: the prophetess. Immediately thereafter, in Shemos 15:20, Rashi points out something ...

Miriam, the child prophetess, is keeping watch for the next dramatic stage in the miraculous life of her baby brother, Moshe. According to the Talmud, Miriam prophesied that her mother, Yocheved, ...

This spring’s crop was penned by some of today’s best writers. BOSTON (JTA) — Miriam the Prophetess, Elijah the Prophet and the Four Questions take center stage among this spring’s crop of new ...

Miriam heard the same questions Moshe did – What now? Where do we go from here? and she rose to usher her people through it with song, dance, and thanks to God. Even now, in 2021, as women take on ...

"The hosts of Pharoah went in with his horsemen and the Lord brought again the waters of the sea upon them: but the children of Israel went on dry land. And Miriam, the prophetess, the sister of Aaron ...

And David danced before the Lord with all his might.—II Samuel 6:14. And Miriam the prophetess . . . took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with ...