Central Synagogue
it’s the jewish Glee
singing brings such happiness
always soul music
you haven’t lived
until you hear Neshama
band and green pastures
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Neshama was grammy nominated and her father was an orthodox rabbi & composer of possibly five thousand songs. i never know what will happen next at central synagogue . they are firsts in everything. Rabbi Angela Buchdahl is the first asian american female ordained rabbi (2001) and cantor (1999).
both cantors ,Julia Katz and Rabbi Buchdahl, have the most beautiful voices you have ever heard.
someone made a joke about how getting jews to clap on two & four was an accomplishment, march 14th, by Reverend Roger Hambrick’s choir. i’ve never had that problem as a musician ,although clapping on shabbos by a conservative
is also an accomplishment.it wasn’t dark since the time changed. i doubt if anyone reading this knows what i’m saying at this point, but i am very thankful to be able to have you friday and saturday, because there is no such thing as conservative or orthodox streaming on shabbos.
one week it’s Martin Luther King shabbos.the next you may sing adon alom to a seventies sitcom song.my favorite is ya lalalala lo cho do di! and now jewish & baptist religions unite in song and a gospel choir sings
in hebrew. such wonderful music. there would be no war if everyone could pray or sing together.
Rabbi David Saperstein spoke in haiku on the night he visited:
“We Must Not Be Too Late”
“for arab and israeli
women who have lost
too many children”
“for children who don’t
have enough to eat in this
country of ours”
“for fifty year olds
who cannot find jobs
in this economy”
“for homeless on the
street for millions in poverty
in this country”
errinspelling 