I wrote this Oseh Shalom in honor of the KAM Isaiah Israel 5775 Confirmation Class.

Oseh Shalom - Berger

This is an old Moroccan Melody for Y'did Nefesh that I adapted for contemporary Reform worship.  The niggun portion is simple to learn and fun to sing!

Y'did Nefesh - Moroccan Melody

Max Janowski's classic Avinu Malkeinu - with Joyce Rosenzweig at the piano.

Cantor David Berger

Avinu Malkeinu - Max Janowski

This is my original composition for a Reform K'dushah for Shabbat.  So happy to announce that it has been accepted for publication in Transcontinental Music Publication's new Shabbat Anthology IX!!!!!

K'dushah for Shabbat

Composed in honor of the retirement of Rabbi Mark Hyman from Congregation Tikvat Jacob-Beth Torah in Manhattan Beach, CA.
The text is Pirei Avot 1:6
Yehoshua ben Perachiah and Nitai of Arbel received from them. Yehoshua ben Perachia says, "Make for yourself a mentor, acquire for yourself a friend and judge every person as meritorious."

Aseih L'cha Rav

A haunting setting of Shalom Rav from my CD - Hegyon Libi.  The piano arrangement is the masterful creation of Joyce Rosenzweig.
This composition was selected for the Shalshelet Festival in 2016.

Hegyon Libi

Shalom Rav

My original setting of Elohai N'shamah - a prayer of gratitude for our souls.

Elohai N'shamah

This is my setting of one of the English translations found in Mishkan T'filah, the prayerbook for the Reform Movement, for Hashkiveinu.
I wrote this in honor of my mother, Carol Berger, when she became president of the Sisterhood of her synagogue.

Give Us a Place to Rest - Hashkiveinu

Composed for the Avodah Service on Yom Kippur, this melody takes words by Abraham Joshua Heschel and uses as inspiration for its melody, the traditional Ashkenazic motif for describing the work of the priests in the ancient Temple in Jerusalem.

Faith Does not Spring Out of Nothing

The magnificent Mah Tovu by Samuel Lampel, an incredible composer, cantor, scholar, and communal leader killed in the Holocaust.
This performance features Cantor David Berger together with Tom Weisflog at the organ of Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, with James Kallembach conducting the Rockefeller Chapel Choir together with the KAM Isaiah Israel Community Chorale.

Cantor David Berger

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