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Beautiful Jewish Song, Beautiful Jewish Meaning

Kate Bigam Kaput

To celebrate its 20th anniversary, the Alfred & Adele Davis Academy, Atlanta’s Reform Jewish Day School, has produced Be a Blessing, a 13-song collection of original Jewish music. Be a Blessing also includes 16-page color booklet, which features original

Tu BiShvat: Happy Birthday, You Beautiful Trees!

Cantor Rollin Simmons

My commute to work every morning is not typical. I drive through the Roaring Fork Valley with majestic, now snow-covered, mountains on my left and my right. The sky is often a clear, bright blue, and the sun glimmers off the powdery snow that shifts in the wind. I am the cantor at the Aspen Jewish Congregation, and I certainly feel blessed to live and work in such a beautiful place. This quote from Isaiah is particularly fitting for this part of the country, as the people here are very in touch with the nature around them - often finding their spiritual center while skiing a run or hiking in the hills.

Organ Music in Synagogue: Yea or Nay?

Rabbi Jason Rosenberg

I hate organ music.

Well, I don't mind it so much at sporting events. But, generally speaking, I'm not really a fan of the sound of an organ. And, when it comes to praying in a synagogue, I'm really not a fan.

A Cappella, Gangnam Style, & More: A Hanukkah Video Round-Up

Kate Bigam Kaput
If there's one thing Jews love, it's Jewish twists on pop culture trends - and holidays are the perfect time for them! We've rounded up a few of our favorite Hanukkah videos from across the web for your Festival of Lights listening pleasure. What are your favorites?

The Power of Shabbat at Camp

Rabbi Erin Mason

Every moment of Shabbat, all the way through Havdallah, is special and memorable. On Shabbat, we dress differently, we live on different time, we come together as a community at times that we generally are separated into age groupings.

Shabbat Meditation

Deborah Rood Goldman

I wrote this meditation when I was a member of the Shabbat Committee at Temple B’nai Or in Morristown, N.J. It is meant to be read before L’cha Dodi at Friday evening services.

Meditation

Open my heart tonight to welcome Shabbat in the natural way I did as

A Life of Jewish Music

Cantor Rosalie Will

Four hundred people are joined together, eyes shining, faces bright, voices raised in a glorious chorus. I am sitting in a small concert hall, eyes darting between the sheet music in my open binder and the brilliant conductor on stage.