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Rosh Hashana: Your Majesty
Over the past two weeks, the world has been consumed with talk about the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, the longest living sovereign and...
Miri Korbman
Sep 23, 20224 min read


Tisha B’Av & Counter Conditioning: A Message from the Tisha B’Av Lady
If you’ve taken an introductory psychology course, you’ll know all about Pavlov’s dogs and Watson’s studies with Little Albert. Russian...
Miri Korbman
Aug 4, 20229 min read


Shavuos and Parshas Bamidbar: A Reader
The holiday of Shavuos, known as Zman Matan Toraseinu, commemorates Maamad Har Sinai, when all of Klal Yisrael heard Hashem’s voice, saw...
Miri Korbman
Jun 2, 20229 min read


Parshas Zachor: The Enemy of Joy
The forecast for shul this week is: crowded. This is because it is the week before Purim, also known as Shabbos Parshas Zachor, when we...
Miri Korbman
Mar 9, 20227 min read


Haazinu and Yom Kippur 5781: The Possibility to Heal
Beth* had spent most of her adolescence in and out of psychiatric inpatient units and had already been in individual therapy for three...
Miri Korbman
Sep 24, 20207 min read


Shiva Asar B'Tammuz: Chipping Away
The nature of the relationship between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors has been the subject of much debate in psychology. The...
Miri Korbman
Jul 8, 20205 min read


Purim in Quarantine
These past few weeks have been a harrowing and difficult time for the Jewish community at large, and particularly for select communities...
Miri Korbman
Mar 9, 20204 min read


Asarah B'Teves: The Psychology of a Siege
The fast of the tenth of Teves is probably one of the most overlooked fast days on the Jewish calendar. Nestled in the heart of winter...
Miri Korbman
Jan 8, 20204 min read


Chanukah and Parshas Mikeitz: Hanging off the Cliff
In a famous experiment known as the marshmallow challenge, psychologists gathered child participants and placed marshmallows in front of...
Miri Korbman
Dec 25, 20195 min read


Vayeilech and Yom Kippur 5780: Don't Just Stand There!
This week’s Parsha begins with an enigmatic statement. Following immediately on the heels of Moshe’s impassioned messages in Parshas...
Miri Korbman
Oct 3, 20195 min read


Shabbos Nachamu: Accepting No and Seeking Comfort
The beginning of Parshas Va'eschanan features one of the most heartrending stories in the Torah. Moshe recounts for the Jewish people how...
Miri Korbman
Aug 15, 20195 min read


Tisha B'Av 5779: The Uncanny Valley
There is a fascinating theory in the field of artificial intelligence regarding how human beings respond to humanoid objects, depending...
Miri Korbman
Aug 8, 20196 min read


Parshas Maasei and the Shlosha D'Puranusa: Nature, Nurture, and Spiritual DNA
At the end of last week’s Parsha, the Midyanim sent women from their kingdom to seduce the Jewish men and cause them to sin in order that...
Miri Korbman
Jul 31, 20194 min read


Perspectives on Shavuos: Through and Through
Shavuos, the culmination of our nation’s journey from a group of slaves to a physically and spiritually liberated people, is marked on...
Devora Shabtai
Jun 6, 20195 min read


Pesach 5779: Acting As If
One of the most common arguments in modern psychology is regarding the nature of the connection between thoughts, feelings, and...
Miri Korbman
Apr 16, 20195 min read


Purim 5779: Amalek and the Tolerance of Uncertainty
The storyline is familiar to us: Haman, a “wicked, wicked man,” sought to destroy the Jewish people, and through a series of...
Miri Korbman
Mar 18, 20197 min read
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