In honor of Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove’s 50th birthday last April, I was thrilled to arrange a surprise appearance of our dear friend Rabbi Angela Buchdahl of Central Synagogue. I hope that this rendition of Bob Dylan’s Forever Young reignites your youthful sparks of curiosity and joy.
Wishing you a Sha

Three young cantors, all rising stars in the American Jewish music scene, are brought together in Amsterdam’s revered 17th century Portuguese Synagogue for a concert of Jewish sacred and secular music arranged for orchestra and choir. The New York Cantors, all serving synagogues in New York, are: Br

In Spring 2018, five speakers selected from the Collaboratory Network--Gamal Palmer, Carine Warsawski, Rabbi Lori Shapiro, Dr. Sharon Weiss-Greenberg, and Arya Marvazy--worked with ELI Talks to hone and effectively present their own stories of risk-taking at a storytelling event for the May 2018 gat...

Thank you Ray Chew and Vivian Chew for joining us for Shabbat last Friday and closing our service with these poignant words and music, helping us understand how our brothers and sisters from the African American community feel. May we all be a bridge over troubled waters.

For all of you “Hamilton” fans out there, get excited. Because one cantor, Azi Schwartz, sung “Adon Olam” to the tune of “You’ll Be Back” from the hit musical to his congregation at Park Avenue Synagogue in New York City on October 22, 2016.

חזניות העולם מאוחדות בשירה ובתפילה- ירושלים של זהב -Female Cantors from around the world united In song & prayer Yerushalayim Shel Zahav .In honor of Jerusalem's 53rd reunification anniversary.

At the gate of the new year, I’m excited about all that 2022 can bring. The message of this song resonates clearly – that we will get through good times and bad together. I’m honored to collaborate with five-time Grammy-winning Christian artist Israel Houghton on this cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s cl

Cantor Azi Schwartz and Orchestra at Park Avenue Synagogue's Kol Nidrei. His voice is like a cascading waterfall of praise. So beautiful and soul stirring. May you and your loved ones be sealed in the Book of Life!

When Sophie Tucker began singing this song written by Yellen & Pollack in 1925, the Jewish experience in America had included many mothers dealing with privations to care for their families, all the while passing down values that their tradition holds dear. Whether or not you have a “Yiddishe Momme”

The first Yahrzeit (anniversary of the passing) of Leonard Cohen, one of the greatest Jewish poet-songwriters of the 20th century, will be observed on November 7th 2017. As a tribute to his legacy, here is one of his most famous songs, Hallelujah, with the Hebrew lyrics of Psalm 150 which is recite...