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    Rabbi Heather Miller is a school leader and President of the Flatbush and Shaare Torah Jewish Center. She is passionate about creating embracing spaces for all of the intersected identities in both the religious and secular parts of her life. Rabbi Heather merges her skill sets as a USCJ Board member and with other organizations. She is honored to have been selected as one of NY Jewish Week’s 36 to Watch 2023 and to have had her work featured in the nationally syndicated PBS show Table for All with Buki Elegbede. Her favorite role is as the mother of three amazing boys who are descended from both freed slaves and Holocaust survivors.

Rabbi Heather Miller is a school leader and President of the Flatbush and Shaare Torah Jewish Center. She is passionate about creating embracing spaces for all of the intersected identities in both the religious and secular parts of her life. Rabbi Heather merges her skill sets as a USCJ Board member and with other organizations. She is honored to have been selected as one of NY Jewish Week’s 36 to Watch 2023 and to have had her work featured in the nationally syndicated PBS show Table for All with Buki Elegbede. Her favorite role is as the mother of three amazing boys who are descended from both freed slaves and Holocaust survivors.

My Posts

Sorrow, Psalms and Freedom

Sorrow, Psalms, and Freedom

US Slaves were given a Bible without Psalms, with no access to the freedom stories. How does this impact a Jewish understanding of Juneteenth?
Slavery, Social Justice, and Family History

Slavery, Social Justice, and Family History

Reflecting on a "Pilgrimage to the South" on a Movement social justice trip as a Black Jew and how it has changed who I am.
Bringing Juneteenth onto the Bimah

Bringing Juneteenth onto the Bimah

Bringing Juneteenth into synagogues signifies that Black Jews are not a footnote in the Jewish story but core parts of our communities.