Sounds Crazy? Yeah, it was crazy! Just want to say or word or two about this production and why it was so important to myself and Mira and Debbie to [...]
Reprinted from November 2020 How an 80’s break out hit for Pete Townshend subverts and transforms the normal love song dynamic. On this most auspicious Thanksgiving-eve, I am reeling from [...]
Dear Beth Am Israel, Each year around this time we ask people to opt-in regarding names to keep on our Mi-shebayrach L’Holim (Prayer for Healing) list, the list of names we read [...]
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Jake Ohlbaum - a homegrown Beth Am'er - is a songwriter, producer, and full-time member of The Foxies, with an intense case of musical hyperactivity. https://youtu.be/X8TfKk4TgsY A recording of our [...]
Yes, it turns out that the Hebrew word for “turkey” and the Hebrew word for “praise”, are in fact, one and the same. Hodu. As in, “Hodu L’Adonai Ki Tov”, [...]
Music and Prayer for "Be"-ing. Shabbat Shalom Beth Am Israel, We spend so much of our time trying to hold it together, trying to be strong, trying to be 'fine', to [...]
It's MLK weekend. It's been two weeks now of preparation with our Unity Choir and along the way, I've been lucky to receive a few gifts that I wanted to share [...]
Beth Am Israel, I am, like many of you, reeling from a weekend of unspeakable horror. A part of our collective feelings of safety and acceptance will almost assuredly never return. [...]
James Pollard of Zion Baptist and I are very excited to share three upcoming events that will feature the Interfaith Music Project. This group of singers and musicians - Jewish, [...]
