Mira Simon

Oct 2, 2024 | jewishbookcouncil.org | Maron L. Waxman |Carol Ungar |Mira Simon

We live in a time of extraordinary choice. Today, the hyper-empowered individual is free to choose from among endless possibilities in her private, professional, social, and communal life. And in making her choices, this empowered individual explores and questions the cultural and religious institutions and organizations that seek her affiliation. Do they address her interests? Will she be an active participant in their program? Do they hold meaning for her?

Aug 26, 2024 | jewishbookcouncil.org | Carol Ungar |Mira Simon |Andrés Spokoiny |Julia Watts Belser

The motivation for writing a book often falls somewhere between arrogance and generosity. And it’s funny how these two impulses interact. For example, the arrogant part of me thinks that I’m so well-intentioned that I wrote a book only as a selfless exercise in generosity. Compulsion can also be a powerful source of motivation for writers.

Aug 1, 2023 | galpal.net | Lisa Marinkovich |Mira Simon

80 SHARESUpon stumbling upon an intriguing interview between Tony Robbins and Tim Ballard, a courageous ex-U.S. government agent who abandoned his career to dedicate his life to liberating children from the clutches of global sex trafficking, my my heart was broken in pieces. I have not been able to get the human trafficking narrative off my mind. Since I have a platform, I felt it necessary to educate more people about what’s happening across the globe and in every community in our nation.