Category Archives: music

crossover

through a sea of sound Shab­bat Shi­rah usu­al­ly marks the begin­ning of Jew­ish Music Month. How­ev­er, I’ve not seen any ref­er­ence to it this year. Nonethe­less, it is appro­pri­ate that this week marks the cel­e­bra­tion of a sig­nif­i­cant anniver­sary in Amer­i­can Jew­ish music. from … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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promise of dawn

[Orig­i­nal­ly pub­lished Novem­ber 26, 2011; updat­ed to fix bro­ken links and for­mat­ting Octo­ber 22, 2020.] dark morn­ings As the north­ern hemi­sphere moves deep­er into win­ter with less light for each day, our morn­ings begin near dawn. This is a beau­ti­ful time of … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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