Shabbat Pesukei Dezimra and Shaharit (Higher Voice)
Jun 13, 2016 By The Jewish Theological Seminary | Prayer Recordings
Recordings by Cantor Arianne Brown and Cantor Jennifer Kanarek CahnProject coordinator: Rabbi David Freidenreich
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Shabbat Pesukei Dezimra and Shaharit (Lower Voice)
Jun 14, 2016 By The Jewish Theological Seminary | Prayer Recordings
Recordings by Rabbi and Hazzan Seth Adelson
Project coordinator: Rabbi David Freidenreich
Shabbat Evening (Higher Voice)
Jun 15, 2016 By The Jewish Theological Seminary | Prayer Recordings
Recordings by Cantor Arianne BrownProject coordinator: Rabbi David Freidenreich
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Still Life with Siddur: Blessings and Challenges in Jewish Communal Prayer
Mar 2, 2015 By The Jewish Theological Seminary | Public Event audio
What is the role of communal prayer in a culture that values individual expression and customized experience? Two leading voices in Jewish prayer explore the rationale, advantages and challenges of praying together.
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The Good Ol’ Days
Jun 5, 2015 By Danielle Upbin | Commentary | Beha'alotekha
When the going gets tough, who doesn’t pine for the “good ol’ days”? Even when those past realities had challenges of their own, we tend not to remember them that way. It is human nature to favor selective memory. Consider our ancestors in this week’s parashah, crying for the fleshpots they enjoyed in Egypt, the cucumbers, garlic, and leeks (Num. 11:5). Did they forget about the slaughter of their firstborn, the harsh labor, the separation of families? In a moment of hunger and thirst for something they didn’t have, they forgot that they had actually been slaves in Egypt.
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Al Hanissim
Dec 10, 2014 By The Jewish Theological Seminary | Prayer Recordings | Hanukkah
In preparation for Hanukkah, we are excited to share a recording of Al Hanissim, composed by Mike Boxer of the Jewish a cappella group Six13 and performed by the Chorus of the H. L. Miller Cantorial School and College of Jewish Music.
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Yikzkor: The Order of Giving
Apr 15, 2001 By Ismar Schorsch | Commentary | Pesah | Shavuot | Shemini Atzeret | Yom Kippur
Synagogue attendance always swells at Yizkor. No matter how attenuated our sense of being Jewish, we are drawn back for a moment to offer a prayer (“may God remember”) in memory of those we have loved and lost. The observance ofYahrzeit and Yizkor remains hallowed. The proximity of death still fills us with reverence if not foreboding.
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The Power of Prayer
Oct 3, 1995 By Ismar Schorsch | Commentary | Yom Kippur
The High Holy Days don’t play to our strength. The extended services put a premium on prayer, an activity at which we are no longer very adept. Yom Kippur asks of us to spend an entire day in the synagogue immersed in prayer. But we find it easier to believe in God than to pray to God. It is this common state of discomfort that prompts me to share with you a few thoughts on the art of Jewish praying.
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