Snow Day, I Can See it Fallin’
January 16, 2024 Hazzan Harold2024-01-19T17:54:58-05:00On this, our first legit snow day in Philly in two years, I dust off my faux R-n-B musical tribute to waking up to the sweet sounds of KYW News-radio, [...]
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Light the World! 50 Ways to Share Your Light in 2024
December 28, 2023 Hazzan Harold2024-01-19T17:48:41-05:00A list of goodness from the LDS Church, and a few of my favorite things from '23. Who needs your light today? I’m not in the habit of regularly sharing [...]
Music for the New Year
September 18, 2023 Hazzan Harold2023-09-19T09:55:37-04:00This summer I convened a recording session in Nashville with some of my very favorite musicians. Caroline and Liv Friewald, James Pollard and I met at Jake Ohlbaum’s studio for a [...]
Shana Tova! 5783 is right around the corner
September 21, 2022 Hazzan Harold2022-09-23T04:00:42-04:00"There's a long road ahead, and a lot to leave behind." I've been spending a lot of time in one of God's newly renovated sacred spaces, that is BAI's backyard, [...]
Hodesh Tov, Elul is here
August 26, 2022 Hazzan Harold2022-08-29T07:20:57-04:00Shalom BAI! Hodesh Tov, a good new month of Elul to everyone. This is a month of return- from the shore, the Poconos, to school, to reality. As a way [...]
Returning from Israel, August 2022
August 19, 2022Shalom BAI! I’ve been away for a few weeks, and I’m looking forward to seeing everyone back at Beth Am this Shabbat! I spent a wonderful two weeks in Israel, [...]
Walking into Shul after one of these…
January 21, 2022I spend most of my working life at Shul. It's my job as Hazzan at Congregation Beth Am Israel. And most of my time at Shul, that is, during services [...]
“Today I thought I would remind me of this”
August 17, 2021 Hazzan Harold2021-08-17T08:51:06-04:00Boker Tov, Beth Am Israel. A good Elul to everyone. Here is something I wrote that I wanted to share as we move through Elul, getting ready for the Holidays, [...]
The Yamim Nora’im (High Holidays) Begin Next Week
August 2, 2021 Hazzan Harold2021-08-03T11:44:50-04:00The High Holidays start next week?! What??!! Okay, not exactly. Rosh Hashana begins Monday Night, September 6 (that’s the evening of Labor Monday) and then Tuesday and Wednesday September 7 [...]
Two new(ish) tunes to get you in the Shabbat mood
May 21, 2021 Hazzan Harold2021-05-26T13:38:11-04:00Hello and Shabbat Shalom, BAI! It's been quite a dizzying week. Shabbat is here regardless and I've got two new Kabbalat Shabbat related music video recordings to share with everyone.Caroline [...]