CYC Ariana Question 2

CYC Ariana Question 1

Hebrew College alumnus Cantor Kevin Margolius `13 of the Touro Synagogue in New Orleans writes,"For 30 years Touro Synagogue has had a special Shabbat service during Jazz Fest in New Orleans that celebrates the congregation’s deep roots here (the oldest synagogue outside of the 13 colonies, now 193 years). Since we can’t hold the event we’re making an album with our 10-piece house band and 6 of our past featured guest musicians."

Touro Synagogue: Lcha Dodi

Three young women invited their peers to a creatively and tightly facilitated Zoom gathering on social justice topics close to their hearts and lives: Islamophobia, voting rights and restrictions, and mental health stigmas. They designed the space to promote both learning and interactive dialogue and led the session with passion, confidence, and influence.

The podcast team conducted interviews with people of different political and religious beliefs and blended their interviews into a dynamic podcast that presents three different stories and perspectives.

Hebrew College Dignity Project Podcast

This sample track is from Hebrew College rabbinical student Naomi Gurt Lind's upcoming podcast Chants Encounters: A Podcast at the Corner of Music and Spirituality. The project grew out of her work in the Hebrew College Innovation Lab with Rabbi Jeffrey Summit. https://hebrewcollege.edu/graduate-leadership-programs/innovation-lab/

Singers: Reverend Adele Crawford, Cantor Andrea Rae Markowicz, and Naomi Gurt Lind

Chants Encounters: Lift Thine Eyes (Felix Mendelssohn) Mix 2

Hebrew College alumna Cantor Becky Khitrik plays clarinet on Henry Shapiros's arrangement of "Firn De Makhutonim Aheym."

Klezmerati

"Firn De Makhutonim Aheym" with Cantor Becky Khitrik

A Prayer for Our Country - Read by Susan Shevitz

Featuring Hebrew College alumna Cantor Becky Khitrik on clarinet.

Got Fun Avrom by The Lithuanian Empire

Frog noises used in Hebrew College President Sharon Cohen Anisfeld's 2022 Rabbinical Ordination address on May 29, 2022.

Frogs (via Blue Hills Reservation 2)

“KI ME’OLAM”
Words from Hallel. Music by Rabbi Micah Shapiro `17. Produced by Rabbi Micah Shapiro and Eitan Kantor. Premiered at Hebrew College's Centennial Celebration on June 2, 2022. Learn more here: https://hebrewcollege.edu/centennial-celebration-recap/

:כִ י מֵ עֹולָ ם וְ עַ ד עֹולָ ם אַ תָ ה אֵ ל
Before time and forever You are God, beyond what we can possibly know.

Musicians
Yoni Battat ∙ Oud
Rabbi Minna Bromberg`10 ∙ Vocals
Leah Carnow ∙ Vocals
Rafi Ellenson ∙ Percussion
Rabbi David Fainsilber`14 ∙ Vocals
Rabbi Mónica Gomery`17 ∙ Vocals
Cantor Becky Khitrik`14 ∙ Clarinet, Vocals
Rabbi Arielle Lekach-Rosenberg`17 ∙ Vocals
Ryan Leszner ∙ Vocals
Jackson Mercer ∙ Vocals
Cantor Dara Rosenblatt`18 ∙ Vocals
Rabbi Micah Shapiro`17 ∙ Guitar, Vocals

Hebrew College Centennial: Ki Me'olam (June 2022)

Psalm 116 - composed by Arielle Rosenberg, with Arielle Rosenberg (vocals), David Fainsilber (hand drum), Micah Shapiro (tambourine), and Becky Wexler (clarinet).

Psalm 116

"Oseh Shalom" - composed by Micah Shapiro. Micah Shapiro on lead vocals with Leora Abelson (violin), Alana Alpert (vocals), Aliza Berger (ukelele), and Mónica Gomey (vocals, whistling).

Oseh Shalom

Text by El'azar HaKalir (sixth & seventh century Hebrew poet). Traditional Ashkenaz melody. With Rabbi Ebn Leader (lead vocals), Noah Aronson (producer, vocals),  and Becky Wexler (clarinet, vocals).

The text of the piyut can be found here: http://www.piyut.org.il/textual/576.html

Om Ani Homa - אום אני חומה

Text from Song of Songs 2:14 and 8:13. Rabbi Minna Bromberg (composer, producer, vocals) with Marty Mellinger (co-producer, recording engineer). 

הַשְׁמִיעִנִי אֶת-קוֹלֵךְ:  כִּי-קוֹלֵךְ עָרֵב  2:14
Let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet.
הַיּוֹשֶׁבֶת בַּגַּנִּים, חֲבֵרִים מַקְשִׁיבִים לְקוֹלֵךְ--הַשְׁמִיעִנִי 8:13 
You dwell in the gardens, the companions hearken to your voice - Cause me to hear it.'


Hashmi'ini

Shoshana Meira Friedman (composer, producer, vocals). Ari Friedman (cello), Lev Friedman (guitar, recording engineer), Mia Friedman (fiddle), Doug Hammer (mixing). Inspired by Midrash Tanchuma Genesis 1. 

The Ark & The Sea

David Fainsilber (composer, producer, vocals, guitar), Jim Kwan (Hammond b3), Dan Pigott (saxophone), James Scholl (bass), Mike Southworth (recording engineer). 

Jessica Kate Meyer (producer, vocals), MIcah Shapiro (producer, recording engineer, cajon), Matt Schwartz (electric guitar), Noah Aronson (producer, mixing). Based on music by Moishe Oysher. Text from Talmud Bavli Brachot 64a. 

Amar Amar

Rabbi Shira Shazeer (composer, producer, lead vocals, accordion). Cantor Ken Richmond (violin), Walter Mamlok (clarinet), Art Finstein (piano). Sung the The Temple Israel of Natick Singers: Stanley M. Hoffman (director), Lois Finstein, Cheryl Gelfand, Marc Guttman, Tamir Luria, Barbara Richmond, Cantor Ken Richmond, Charna Mamlok Westervelt. Text: Psalm 118:19-24. Recorded at Temple Israel of Natick, Natick, MA. Gary Waleik, recording engineer. 

Pitchu Li

Hebrew College School of Jewish Music student Maayan Harel performs "Yerushalayim Shel Zahav" by Naomi Shemer (arr. Robert Schultz) live at the 2016 spring  recital.

Hebrew College School of Jewish Music Spring 2016 Recital

Rabbi Dr. Michael Shire, Chief Academic Officer of Hebrew College in Newton, MA, discusses how Hebrew Language courses are integrated into the College's master in Jewish education program.

Hebrew College

Learning Hebrew with an MJEd

This upbeat niggun, tune or melody, repeats a few times, gaining momentum as it unfolds.

Like other niggunim (plural of niggun), it can be paired with any number of words or phrases.

The words you hear in this recording come from Psalm 150, which is a common prayer included in the daily Jewish morning service:

Hallelu, hallelu; hallelu-Yah; kol ha’neshamah t'hallel Yah…

“Praise, praise; praise God; let all souls praise God…”
When reciting this snippet of text, I often think about the wondrous ways in which all of life is interconnected; how human beings, animals, grasses, and waters are all a part of the global chorus!

Do we recognize the sacredness of each of these voices?
How might we carry this insight into the rest of our lives?
I find humming this beautiful melody for a minute or two at various points during the day to be one simple way of calling my attention back to the reality of our interconnection, and the responsibilities that come with this awareness.

-Dara Rosenblatt
Consultant, www.JewishWisdom.info
Cantorial student at the School of Jewish Music at Hebrew College (hebrewcollege.edu/jewish-music)

Jon & Wendy Linden's Album

Hallelujah-Psalm 150

L’Cha Ki L’Cha
Joel Engel, arr. Meisels

Rachel Slusky, soprano
Wendy Linden, alto
I Ying Ling, piano

L’Cha Ki L’Cha - performed by Hebrew College Choir-in-residence Kol Arev

By Cantor Lynn Torgove, Hebrew College

In this time of such dire circumstances and difficulties, I have found that music that I once knew and loved has taken on new meaning and significance. Sholem velt der gantser is one such song.

Written at the beginning of the 20th century in New York City by two brothers, Israel and Ben Goichberg (also known as Ben Yomen), Sholem velt der gantser began its century long journey.  Israel wrote the poem in his native Yiddish and Ben composed the music. The brothers emigrated from Uman, Ukraine, the town where Reb Nachman of Breslov had lived his last days, and they found employment working as educators in the Yiddish secular schools and summer camps of New York. 

Memorable Jewish tunes and lyrics like Sholem, velt der gantser are often re-interpreted, re-arranged, and performed by various artists, in the true folk tradition. These songs are handed down over the decades and often become known as ‘traditional’ melodies, even when they were composed by well-known composers and poets. In that tradition, Sholem, velt der gantser was adopted by the international klezmer duo of Jeff Warschauer and Deb Strauss, who arranged it for voice, guitar, and violin. Cantor Becky Khitrik and Kol Arev Music Director, Amy Lieberman, further transformed the song into a choral piece with klezmer instrumental accompaniment. Kol Arev sings this song to welcome the Sabbath bride at the beginning of Kabbalat Shabbat.

The song begins with the words Sholem velt der gantser – Peace or Greetings to the whole world. The ‘whole world’ has taken on a new urgency, a new imperative and new sense of our universal connectedness as we realize what has always been true: We are all brothers and sisters, greeting each other with the words of Peace in a fellowship. We pass that message to you in this heartfelt Shabbes lid, Sabbath Song.

Translation:
You have given the week the sweat of your toil. But now, Man, you are a prince.
Come, beloved, and greet your Princess, your Sabbath rest.
Greetings to the whole world, in a spirit of fellowship.
Let our voices blend together in a heartfelt Shabbat song.
Quiet evening has descended, peaceful now is the hour.
Let us go, my beloved, to meet the bride and let us welcome the presence of Shabbat.

(Vocals: Cantor Lynn Torgove, Amy Lieberman, Wendy Linden, DJ Fortine. Edited and mixed by DJ Fortine.)

hebrewcollege.edu

Sholem Velt der Gantser

Yedid Nefesh from "Light Up the Earth" by Hebrew College Rabbinical School graduate Rabbi Micah Shapiro.

Ta'ir Eretz - Light Up the Earth - EP

Yedid Nefesh

Vi'hi Noam
Composed and Performed by Rabbi Hanna Tiferet Siegel

Rabbi Hanna Tiferet is an Eshet Hazon/Woman of Vision and a Vatika/Grandmother in the Jewish Renewal tradition. She has recorded eight albums of original liturgical music that lift the spirit and soothe the soul. She has nurtured many communities in the US and Canada and currently serves as a Mashpi’ah Ruchanit/Spiritual Guide to the holy students in the ALEPH Ordination Program.

ABOUT PSALMSEASON
In response to the unfolding global pandemic and upheaval over racial injustice, the Miller Center for Interreligious Learning & Leadership at Hebrew College and Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC) are launching a major digital initiative, PsalmSeason: An Online Encounter with the Wisdom of the Psalms. PsalmSeason will begin with an online concert, followed by 18 weeks of reflections, poetry, music, and words of inspiration by over 50 spiritual and cultural leaders. Miller Center Director Rabbi Or Rose envisioned the project and enlisted colleague Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush, Senior Advisor at IFYC, to help bring it to life.

Watch the concert on demand  at https://hebrewcollege.edu/psalmseason...

Learn more about the PsalmSeason project at http://ifyc.org/psalmseason

Or Shalom - Songs of the Heart

Hebrew College PsalmSeason: Vi'hi No'am

ABOUT PSALMSEASON
In response to the unfolding global pandemic and upheaval over racial injustice, the Miller Center for Interreligious Learning & Leadership at Hebrew College and Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC) are launching a major digital initiative, PsalmSeason: An Online Encounter with the Wisdom of the Psalms. PsalmSeason will begin with an online concert, followed by 18 weeks of reflections, poetry, music, and words of inspiration by over 50 spiritual and cultural leaders. Miller Center Director Rabbi Or Rose envisioned the project and enlisted colleague Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush, Senior Advisor at IFYC, to help bring it to life.

Watch the concert on demand  at https://hebrewcollege.edu/psalmseason...
Learn more about the PsalmSeason project at http://ifyc.org/psalmseason

Seeds of Wonder

Hebrew College PsalmSeason: Kaveh el YaH

Beautiful And Broken

"Lev Tahor" (A Pure Heart) with Dan Nichols

"Odeh La'el" from The Rabbinical School of Hebrew College's 10th Anniversary CD "Galeh."

© Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld (composer, lead vocals), Micah Shapiro (producer, guitar, vocals, percussion), Phil Bressler (bass), Lev Friedman (guitar), Mónica Gomery (vocals). Lyrics based on Hebrew text by Rabbi Shmaaya Kusson, 16th-century North Africa. Recorded at Summit Sound Studios, Waban, Mass. Lev Friedman, recoding engineer.

Odeh La’El

"Esn Est Zich" from Hebrew College's album "Maleh: A Tenth-Anniversary Celebration of the Rabbinical School of Hebrew College."

© Noah Aronson (producer, vocals), Jessica Kate Meyer (producer, vocals), Rabbi Arthur Green (voice-over remarks). Melody and lyrics from Chabad. Recorded at Noah Aronson Studios, Brookline, Mass. Noah Aronson, recording engineer.

Galeh

Esn Est Zich

"Not by Might" from Hebrew College's album "Galeh: A Tenth-Anniversary Celebration of the Rabbinical School of Hebrew College."

© Lev Friedman (composer, producer, lead vocals, guitar), Joyce Friedman (vocals), Mia Friedman (vocals), Doug Hammer (piano, keyboard), Noam Sender (percussion). Inspired by Zechariah 4:6. Recorded at Dreamwood Productions, Saugus, Mass. (Doug Hammer, recording engineer), and Summit Sound Studios, Waban, Mass. (Lev Friedman, recording engineer.)

Not By Might

"Brich Rachamana" from Hebrew College's album "Galeh: A Tenth-Anniversary Celebration of the Rabbinical School of Hebrew College."

© Noah Aronson (composer, producer, lead vocals) Dena Trugman (vocals). Text from short blessing after meals, Talmud Berachot 40b. Recorded at Noah Aronson Studios, Brookline, Mass. Noah Aronson, recording engineer.

Brich Rachamana

"Sosne Niggun" from Hebrew College's album "Galeh: A Tenth-Anniversary Celebration of the Rabbinical School of Hebrew College."

© Jonah Meadows Adels z"l (composer). Singers: Mónica Gomery (producer), Micah Shapiro (producer), Leora Abelson, Laura Bellows, Vera Broekheuysen, David Curiel, Nathan DeGroot, Ari Lev Fornari, Shoshana Meria Friedman, Rabbi Sarah Bracha Gershuny`12, Susie Schwartz Jacobson, Elie Lehmann, Ilana Berman, Margot Meitner, Gray Myrseth, Arielle Rosenberg, Avi Strausberg, Ora Weiss. Recorded at Hebrew College, Newton Centre, Mass. Micah Shapiro, recording engineer.

Sosne Niggun

"K'vodcha Malei Olam" from Hebrew College's album "Galeh: A Tenth-Anniversary Celebration of the Rabbinical School of Hebrew College."

© Cantor Ken Richmond (composer, producer, lead vocals, violin). Art Finstein (piano), Walter Mamlok (clarinet). Sung by The Temple Israel of Natick Singers: Stanley M. Hoffman (director), Lois Finstein, Cheryl Gelfand, Marc Guttman, Tamir Luria, Barbara Richmond, Cantor Ken Richmond, Charna Mamlok Westervelt. Text by Yehudah Halevi, 11th-and-12th-century Spain. Recorded at Temple Israel of Natick, Natick, Mass. Gary Waleik, recording engineer.

K'vodcha Malei Olam

"Lecha Dodi" from Hebrew College's album "Galeh: A Tenth-Anniversary Celebration of the Rabbinical School of Hebrew College."

© Rick Lawrence (composer, producer, lead vocals). Amy Lieberman (piano, piano arrangement). Sung by Kol Arev: Amy Lieberman (conductor), Cantor Lynn Torgove`12 (director), Betty Bauman, Sarah Bolts, Very Broekhuysen, Marilyn Jaye, Hal Katzman, Devin Lawrence, And Levy, Deborah Melkin, Julie Newman, Cantor Jeri Robins`13, Andrew Stitcher, Beth Strassler, Phyllis Werlin, Becky Wexler. text by Rabbi Shalom HaLevi Alkabetz, 16th-century Safed. Recorded at Hebrew College, Newton Centre, Mass. Larry Sandberg, recording engineer.

Lecha Dodi

"Oseh Shalom" from Hebrew College's album "Galeh: A Tenth-Anniversary Celebration of the Rabbinical School of Hebrew College."

© Micah Shapiro (composer, producer, lead vocals, guitar). Leora Abelson (violin), Alana Alpert (vocals), Aliza Berger (ukulele), Mónica Gomery (vocals, whistling). Text from daily liturgy, based on Job 25:2. Recorded at Micah's Studio, Jamaica Plain, Mass. Micah Shapiro, recording engineer.

"Galeh" from Hebrew College's album "Galeh: A Tenth-Anniversary Celebration of the Rabbinical School of Hebrew College."

© Rabbi Moshe Shur. Singers: Arielle Rosenberg (producer), Micah Shapiro (producer), Leora Abelson, Vera Broekheuysen, Nathan DeGroot, Ari Lev Fornari, Shoshana Meira Friedman, Rabbi Sarah Bracha Gershuny`12, Mónica Gomery, Susie Schwartz Jacobson, Rabbi Adam Lavitt`12, Elie Lehmann, Ilana Lerman, Margot Meitner, Gray Myrseth, Avi Strausberg, Ora Weiss. Text from Rosh Hashanah liturgy. Recorded at Hebrew College, Newton Centre, Mass. Micah Shapiro, recording engineer.

Hebrew College alumna Cantor Becky Wexler Khitrik's album Rooted Lullaby, in collaboration with Heather Klein, and Josh Horowitz and a choir from Temple Sinai Las Vegas, is a collection of original lullabies in Yiddish, Hebrew, and English.

Rooted Lullaby

Kukele

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