Miriam Simmonds, at The Blogs

Miriam Simmonds

Yalla, Geulah!

Oct 9, 2023, 10:40 PM

Through the thick darkness of the last few days, a quiet revolt has been happening. A small whisper though it may be, but perhaps this trickle of light will morph into the rod of lightning we're so desperately searching...

Jun 18, 2023, 3:46 PM

A Call To Arms

Don't worry, it's a struggle we know well. We've succumb, overcome, and still have the victorious battle plans to guide us. We're on the edge of forever. These lands are frozen in a moment of time. Like a storm with...

Jun 7, 2023, 7:14 AM

Freedom in Fire

Tremors. Memory loss. Fatigue. Confusion. Disorientation. The side effects I wasn't warned about. No matter; We're well acquainted now. Equally so with my century old roommate and new white-walled, ever beeping, sanitiser smelling home. I am surrounded by doctors and...

May 10, 2023, 7:18 AM

The Meron Tragedy: Sparks from the Dark

Lag BaOmer 2021. A tragic night that sparked immense debate on politics, religion, ideological divide. A night that sparked hugely emotive responses from across the country, in the form of anger, blame, hatred, pain undisguised or otherwise. Grief, undisguised...

Mar 27, 2023, 1:16 AM

A Letter to the Women of Today

David Hamelech was a small boy, a shepherd living in the barn by the big house where his brothers lived. He was somewhat shunned and grew up this way; seemingly smaller and weaker than his brothers; an outcast. Who...

Mar 20, 2023, 7:54 AM

It Takes a Nation

We've all fallen. We've all been lost in darkness. It can feel like you're watching the world passing by smiling and laughing whilst you're stood frozen on the sidelines. Broken. Alone. What if you could speak up? What if you...

Mar 16, 2023, 8:33 PM

OCD is not an adjective

Death is inevitable. We know it; it is an unequivocal certainty that is shrouded in layers of life's seemingly incapability of predictability. Generally however, we do not spend every waking moment fixated on the possibility of an untimely death....

About Me

Originally from Manchester, England, I moved to Israel in 2018 where I now live with my husband and baby. I feel passionately about all things Torah, Hashem, and spirituality. I love to express this in writing as well as drawing and simply through living. I have a deep love of nature (especially horses!), Israel, learning, and expressing through art.

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