Welcome to the Defining Moments podcast. Today we’re joined by Matthew Miller, publisher of Koren Publishers Jerusalem, one of the world’s leading Jewish publishing house. After growing up in a non-observant household and running a British multinational corporation, Matthew made aliyah in 1999. He later acquired Koren Publishers and transformed it from a company publishing just a handful of titles into a publishing powerhouse releasing new works every week. Under Matthew’s leadership, Koren has become synonymous with intellectual rigor and beautiful design, bringing us game-changing works like the Koren Sacks Siddur and the groundbreaking Koren Talmud Bavli. Today, we’ll get a behind-the-scenes look at Jewish book publishing. We’ll hear about working with Rabbis Sacks and Steinsaltz, learn how Koren differs from ArtScroll, discover why aesthetics matter in prayer, and explore Matthew’s remarkable journey from secular corporate executive to the publisher who has fundamentally changed how Modern Orthodox and Religious Zionist communities learn and pray.

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