Category Archives: music

Pass the Anti-Lynching Bill!

Posted on 2020/08/17 by davka

Leo Frank Today, August 17, 2020 marks the 105th anniver­sary of the lynch­ing of Leo Frank לְהַבדִיל — l’havdil — to dis­tin­guish Yes­ter­day I learned about “Sup­per­time”, a deeply mov­ing song writ­ten by Irv­ing Berlin in 1933. The song tells of a far … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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breathing and the א of revelation

Posted on 2020/05/21 by davka

a Zoom-enabled med­i­ta­tion cir­cle Dur­ing this time of the COVID-19 pan­dem­ic “shel­ter­ing at home” Cen­tral Syn­a­gogue in Man­hat­tan has been main­tain­ing a Zoom-medi­at­ed dai­ly med­i­ta­tion prac­tice. A dai­ly call-in med­i­ta­tion prac­tice and a lit­tle Torah to help relieve stress and cen­ter the mind. … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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