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...
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Miri Korbman
- Aug 4, 2022
- 9 min
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
- Jun 2, 2022
- 9 min
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
- Mar 9, 2022
- 7 min
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
- Sep 23, 2020
- 7 min
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
- Jul 7, 2020
- 5 min
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
- Mar 8, 2020
- 4 min
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
- Jan 8, 2020
- 4 min
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
- Dec 25, 2019
- 5 min
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
- Oct 2, 2019
- 5 min
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
- Aug 14, 2019
- 5 min
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 7, 2019
- 6 min
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
- Jul 30, 2019
- 4 min
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...
Devora Shabtai
- Jun 5, 2019
- 5 min
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...
Miri Korbman
- Apr 15, 2019
- 5 min
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
- Mar 18, 2019
- 7 min
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...
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