Shira Marili Mirvis Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Rabbanit
Shira Marili Mirvis
Synagogue:Shirat HaTamar
Synagogueposition:Spiritual Leader
Began:2021
Nationality:Israeli
Spouse:Shlomo Mirvis
Children:5
Rebbe:Shlomo Riskin
Semicha:Women's Institute for Halakhic Leadership at Midreshet Lindenbaum
Birth Date:3 February 1980
Demonination:Open Orthodoxy

Shira Marili Mirvis (Hebrew: שירה מרילי מירוויס; born 1980), is an Israeli Open Orthodox public figure and teacher. In April, 2021 she was chosen as the spiritual leader of the Shirat HaTamar synagogue in Efrat. She is the first woman to hold the position of sole spiritual leader of an Open Orthodox community in Israel.[1] Marili Mirvis was officially installed by the Chief Rabbi of Efrat Shlomo Riskin.[2] In February 2022 Globes named her one of the 50 most influential women in Israel and in June of that year it was announced that she would be appointed by Religious Affairs Minister Matan Kahana as the interim chair of the Efrat municipality's religious council.[3] [4] In addition, Marili Mirvis is a fellow of the Honey Foundation for Israel.[5]

Marili Mirvis is a graduate of the Women's Institute for Halakhic Leadership at Midreshet Lindenbaum and likewise holds a BA in Psychology and Information Sciences from Bar-Ilan University.[6] The Shirat HaTamar community which she leads consists of around 45 families from various Jewish ethnic traditions: Ashkenazi Jews as well as Jews of Tunisian, Yemenite, and Moroccan origin.[7] One of its aims is “to include women as much as possible within the guidelines of halacha".

Marili Mirvis is married to Shlomo Mirvis, founder and CEO of the tech startup Intelligo[8] and nephew of Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis, Chief Rabbi of United Kingdom and the Commonwealth.[9] They have five children.

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  1. News: Orthodox, Female and Running Their Own Shuls – Just Don't Call Them Rabbis. en. Haaretz. 2021-11-25.
  2. News: Israel's first woman spiritual leader of Orthodox synagogue breaks ground. 2021-11-25. The Jerusalem Post | Jpost.com. en-US.
  3. News: מגן . הדס . 2022-04-02 . 50 הנשים המשפיעות של גלובס 2022 . Globes . 2022-04-03.
  4. Web site: 2022-06-17 . הרבנית שירה מירוויס מרילי מונתה לראש המועצה הדתית באפרת . 2022-06-17 . כיפה . he-IL.
  5. Web site: The Honey Fellows . June 27, 2023 . Honey Foundation for Israel.
  6. Web site: Team. 2021-12-24. שירת התמר. en.
  7. News: More Orthodox Jewish women are ordained; change is uneven. en-US. Washington Post. 2021-12-24. 0190-8286.
  8. Web site: 2022-02-25 . In Israel, Breaking Barriers in the Orthodox World . 2022-03-20 . Hadassah Magazine . en-US.
  9. Web site: JTA . 2021-09-24 . UK's United Synagogue grapples with female leadership . 2022-03-20 . IJN Intermountain Jewish News . en-US.