Rabbi Miriam Marles serves the Danforth Jewish Circle in Toronto. She is a graduate of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, an alumnus of the Wexner Graduate Fellowship, and a Jerusalem Fellow at the Mandel Leadership Institute. Integrating dynamic Jewish learning, heart-opening spiritual practice, community building, and creative exploration in movement, voice, and writing, she facilitates workshops with various populations, including hospital patients, prison inmates, groups of Jews and Palestinians, and adults and young people of all ages. Her original compositions of Jewish music for prayer are sung by communities throughout North American, Israel, and Europe.earned a master’s degree in Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School and a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in creative writing from York University in Toronto.