MIRAJ writes and sings a cappella music for Shabbat, Rosh Hodesh and other sacred times. MIRAJ is an acronym of our names: Margot, Rayzel, Juliet. MIRAJ is a blending of harmony and a weaving of friendship. MIRAJ offers songs for prayer, for meditation, for fun. WHAT DO THE CRITICS SAY? "MIRAJ belts, croons, warbles, and whispers." " They sound like the Jewish Roches." "…a musical dvar torah…" "…a toe tapping, finger snapping tour de force!" The MIRAJ Story MIRAJ is a creative collaboration between three Jewish leaders and educators: Rabbi Margot Stein, Rabbi Geela Rayzel Raphael, and Juliet Irene Spitzer. The three women met many years ago in a Hebrew grammar class as students at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. They formed a study group to help overcome the monotony of the course, and soon found themselves laughing and munching on chips as much as studying. The three later began working together on a book about Jewish women's rituals. During retreats to work on the book, they began to sing toge