Cantor Brook's earliest Jewish musical memory is of singing along to Debbie Friedman’s soaring, joyful melodies. She felt that the music acknowledged that everyone has a voice and should use it with pride.
June 05, 2020
FRIDAY, FRIDAY! JOSH ROSENBERG SINGS WONDERFUL SHABBAT SOUND
Topic(s) / Music, Shabbat, YFE/ECC
Sing along with Josh as he plays guitar and performs hand motions at the same time with the power of technology!
June 03, 2020
DAVID ENLOW PLAYS MI SHEBEIRACH
Topic(s) / Music
Debbie Friedman (1951–2011) gave Jews around the world a new musical vocabulary to connect with God, community, and themselves. Listen to this instrumental version of her famous melody
Mi Shebeirach, a prayer for healing.
June 03, 2020
YOU SAY GOODBYE, I SAY HELLO END-OF-YEAR FAREWELL TO THE PENN FAMILY ECC
Topic(s) / Music, YFE/ECC
With new ends come new beginnings! Sing our favorite hello and goodbye songs with Josh Rosenberg.
June 03, 2020
L'DOR VADOR OUR CS LEARNERS' FAVORITE JEWISH MOMENTS
Topic(s) / Music
While our Congregational School year may have come to an end, the lessons learned and memories made will last a lifetime.
June 01, 2020
Yotam Polizer: The Israeli Response to COVID-19
Topic(s) / Lunch & Learn, Lecture
As part of our Summer Lunch & Learn series, Karin Lagziel spoke with Yotam Polizer, co-CEO of IsraAID, about his organization and its specific plan to flatten the curve, as well as its response to disasters worldwide.
May 27, 2020
Rabbanit Dr. Ágnes Vető: My Journey to Jewishness
Topic(s) / Lecture, Lunch & Learn
As part of our Summer Lunch & Learn Series, Vető discussed her youth in Budapest, Hungary during the years of “soft socialism” as the daughter of a Catholic mother and a father who converted from Judaism to Catholicism after the Shoah.
May 26, 2020
JOSH ROSENBERG READS KOPECKS FOR BLINTZES
Topic(s) / Story time, YFE/ECC
Tales of the “wise” people of Chelm have entertained Jews for generations. Watch and listen to a Chelm story about a family preparing for Shavuot!
May 26, 2020
STILL SINGING AT SINAI JOSH ROSENBERG SINGS ROMEMU
Topic(s) / Music, YFE/ECC
We’re so close to revelation and receiving the Torah! Sing along to Craig Taubman’s setting of a portion of Psalm 99, in which we praise and bow at God’s holy mountain.
May 22, 2020
MEDIA CANTOR SCHWARTZ SINGS MIMKOM’KHA
Topic(s) / Music
Longing for Jerusalem has been in the hearts of the Jewish people for two millennia. This Yom Yerushalayim, as you listen to this music recorded in Jerusalem in 2010, we invite you to visit the Jerusalem of your dreams. What do you see?