The Psychology of Exile
Judaism turned exile into a lived experience of meaning and resilience. Join Rabbanit Fran Miller as she discusses how the psychology of exile continues to shape Jewish consciousness through memory, identity, and hope. Explore ideas such as zecher l’churban in daily halacha and practice, national and personal experience forming Jewish identity in galut, and Jerusalem being the enduring center of Jewish hope, orientation, and longing.
Rabbanit Fran Miller is a graduate of the Keren Ariel Yoatzot Halacha program at Nishmat, and studied in the advanced Talmud programs in Matan and Migdal Oz. She holds a B.A. in Judaic Studies from Stern College and B.Ed. from Yeshivat Har Etzion’s Michlelet Herzog Teacher’s College. She teaches adults and post-high school students in person, online, and in midrashot. Fran lives in Mitzpeh Yericho with her husband and three children.