VA QUARTERLYoices MAGAZINE from PENINSULA TEMPLE SHOLOM

MusicThe heartbeat of PTS. סתיו תשע״ח fall 2017 Your generosity strengthens our PTS community. We invite you to honor Cantor Barry Reich and help secure the future of Peninsula Temple Sholom סתיו תשע״ח with your contribution to our new L’dor Vador Fund. fall 2017

All donations are appreciated and welcome in various forms: cash, stock, matching funds, and legacy commitments. CONTENTS Initial funds will be used to retire our mortgage — and we are almost there. Subsequent donations will secure the future of PTS. For more information, please contact Betsy Rosen, Philanthropy Chair, [email protected] or (650) 315-2014, or 5 FROM THE CHIEF COMMUNITY OFFICER Karen Wisialowski Karen Wisialowski, Chief Community Officer, [email protected] or (650) 697-2266. Donations can be mailed to PTS or made securely on our website, sholom.org/give. 6 FROM THE PRESIDENT Lauren Schlezinger

7 WE ASKED FAVORITE MUSICIAN?

8 THE POWER OF MUSIC Dan Feder

10 THOUGHTS ON MUSIC

11 MUSIC & EDUCATION Rabbi Molly Plotnik & Allison Steckley

12 COVER STORY Michael Battat

21 WHERE WORDS LEAVE OFF Nathaniel Bergson-Michelson & Heidi Schell

22 WE ASKED FAVORITE MUSIC?

24 LIFELONG LEARNING FALL 2017 PENINSULA TEMPLE SHOLOM 1655 Sebastian Drive | Burlingame, CA 94010 sholom.org 650-697-2266 Board of Trustees, 2017–18 Lauren Schlezinger President [email protected] Heidi Schell Nathaniel Bergson-Michelson 1st Vice-President 2nd Vice-President Scott Haber Adam Steinberger 3rd Vice-President Treasurer TO A FOR April Glatt WELCOME NEW FORUM BIG IDEAS Immediate Past President Julie Feuchtwang Andy Oliff Jenna Fisher Gene Podkaminer e are delighted to bring the year. See inside pages for adult KAREN WISIALOWSKI, Jon Herstein Betsy Rosen you this first issue of Voices: A learning opportunities. a long-time member and past Marilyn Hollinger Arlene Rosenberg Quarterly magazine from Peninsula Tem- president of Peninsula Temple In our winter edition of Voices, Ware Kuschner Sharon Silverman Sholom, joined the staff in ple Sholom. In each edition you’ll find 2015 as the congregation’s first Jeff Lerner Yash Snider we will explore tikkun olam. articles from clergy, staff, lay leaders, Chief Community Officer. She Matt Mandel Lois Fried Future magazine themes will and community is passionate about family, Jewish Sholom Women President include Jew- experts on a partic- community, and social justice. ish values, youth, ular topic, serving In each edition sacred aging, and Karen is a former investment banker Clergy as an opportunity to turned mom turned community Daniel Feder Lisa Delson you’ll find articles more. If you’d like engage with import- volunteer turned Jewish community Rabbi Rabbi to help us create one ant ideas and issues from clergy, staff, professional. Just prior to joining PTS, [email protected] [email protected] of those issues, or if she served as Peninsula Region Director with the depth lay leaders, and Molly Plotnik Barry Reich there’s another topic of the Jewish Community Relations and gravitas they Rabbi / Director of Education Cantor community experts you’d like to see Council. deserve. [email protected] [email protected] on a particular explored in these Originally from Detroit, Karen came to This issue focuses on pages, please let me San Francisco via the East Coast. She ז״ל Gerald Raiskin Founding Rabbi music, including an topic, serving as an know. loves the outdoors, especially hiking and biking, and plays bridge as much as article on opportunity to engage As a reminder, our possible. Karen holds an undergraduate music by Michael Bulletin continues degree from the University of Michigan Staff Battat with Cantor with important ideas and an MBA from Harvard Business to be published Karen Wisialowski Barry Reich. Surely, School. and issues with the monthly, and Chief Community Officer there’s hardly a more [email protected] depth and gravitas focuses on timely Karen and her husband Bill have two appropriate way to grown children. information, Allison Steckley Daniel Bernstein begin this year of they deserve. including events, Director of Early Childhood Education Director of Youth Engagement celebrating Cantor worship services, [email protected] [email protected] Barry than by also celebrating Jewish b’nai mitzvah, and relevant monthly Shari Carruthers Mariano Sanchez music. Controller Facilities Supervisor listings. Our hope is that as a short [email protected] [email protected] In addition, you’ll find articles that publication, it is easily scanned by explore the of Jewish most congregants. And, congregants Kim Gotthardt Christina Myhre Preschool Administrative Assistant Education & Special Projects Assistant music and about how music helps us us can continue to depend on the weekly [email protected] [email protected] learn. In fact, Voices kicks off our “Year Schmooze, Facebook, and sholom. of Learning through Music” and we org for up-to-date information on the Beverly Rochelle Jason Salisbury Membership Services Administrative & Database Assistant hope that you will join us throughout many goings-on at PTS. [email protected] [email protected] Cris Perry Alan Zeichick Clergy Executive Assistant Webmaster [email protected] [email protected] Joshua Mason-Barkin, rje Voices Editor & Web Developer [email protected] VOICES 5 סתיו תשע״ח fall 2017 We asked… WHO’S YOUR FAVORITE JEWISH MUSICIAN?

My mom, Doris Haber, taught pre- school at our synagogue for decades. She taught scores of children all the Jewish prayers and songs, and even inspired some to become pro- fessional Jewish song THROUGH leaders. At every Jew- & ish holiday, my home MY JOURNEY MOZART MIDDOT growing up was filled with song, which is a I love t age 45 my lifelong dream Learning the three movements is LAUREN SCHLEZINGER tradition we contin- both Dan rd is the 33 president of Peninsula ue to this day. Nichols and Elana סַ בְ נ לָ ּו ת) was being rolled into our living an epic test of patience Temple Sholom. room — a “new-to-us” console piano. savlanut). There are days when SCOTT HABER Jagoda because their music, like Finally I would become the pianist my fingers feel like they belong She coins herself ‘The Accidental Second Vice President folk, is so accessible. It sounds progressive yet I fantasized about for years. In my to another brain’s body. President’ having joined PTS in sophisticated, like Dave Matthews or James Taylor. 2006 as a preschool mom with no dreams, I channeled Mozart to create Frustration percolates in my core ambition of synagogue leadership. It is uplifting, catchy, and beautiful. beautiful music. Effortlessly I played like coffee brewing in the urn. That’s Yet, as her twin daughters grew, so did ALLISON STECKLEY all my kids’ favorite songs by ear, and my chance to practice equanimity her connection to the PTS community Director of Early Childhood Education .menuchat ha’nefesh). The and the role she wanted to play מְנּו חַ ת נ הַ ֶ פֶ ׁש) I accompanied family and friends in joyful sing-alongs. good news is that — after eight Lauren grew up in Sudbury, months — the sonata is sounding Massachusetts in a lay-led Reform Alas, as is true with any new endeavor, congregation. She started her journey pretty darn good. the reality of learning to play piano is west to attend Northwestern much different. And while I always The harder news to accept is that University, where she graduated with a When Noah Aronson visited PTS, I was BA with honors in economics. Lauren knew my study would require kindergartners master it in a has worked as a consultant all her moved by his personal connection to the practice, technique, and fraction of the time. professional life, guiding organizations music. It was uplifting, fun, and fresh. learning music theory, I was Acknowledging my of all shapes and sizes in leadership, KAREN WISIALOWSKI surprised by the internal achievement with modesty customer service, and employee Chief Community Officer benefits. struggle that followed. is an expression of humility avanah). Lauren lives in Burlingame with her עֲ נָ וָ ה) Simply put, studying piano tests my character. charming husband Eric, angelic teen age Although some sessions at daughters Kyra and Lainey, and Merlin Recently, I learned about mid- the piano are easier than the Bedlington Terrier. In addition to tickling the ivories, she enjoys working dot, Jewish virtues said to be others, I always feel profound out, yoga, and studying Spanish. hakarot ha’tov). I הַכָ רַ תהַ ט ֹו ב) the foundation for a meaningful gratitude life. Immediately, I recognized the am grateful to be fulfilling my lifelong opportunity to pursue these virtues as dream and for a family who fills our part of my weekly practice of Mozart’s home with beautiful music using our Piano Sonata № 15. piano every day.

Debbie Friedman exuded such passion in her music. A prayer was not just a prayer when she sang it. She could get everyone in the congregation feeling her music. I can also hear her touch of … just enough to soothe a troubled soul. LOIS FRIED President, Sholom Women few weeks ago, I spent a I felt this experience move me for the in fact encoded in our bodies and RABBI DANIEL J. FEDER blessed sunny day in the first time as an eighteen-year-old coun- brains,” the author explains. “The joined Peninsula Temple Sholom San Joaquin Delta waterski- selor at Camp Swig, where the Shabbat fact that music seems to trigger in 2006 as the second senior rabbi in the synagogue’s history. ing. This is one of my favorite things to evening traditions enabled me to feel emotions in a way that noth- do, and I’ve been skiing with my family my religion’s power in a whole new ing else does suggests to many Before coming to PTS, since I was a little boy. While slaloming way. As the whole camp made its way Rabbi Feder served Congregation scientists that it has an important Keneseth in Allentown, on one ski, there is a crucial moment by procession to our prayer space, the place in the natural world and that it Pennsylvania for seven years. Prior, he where the skier leans into the turn, sound of guitars playing has something to do with the evolution was assistant and then associate rabbi at coming closer and closer to the water, and the sight of the whole communi- of our species.” Temple Oheb Shalom in Baltimore. then the skier transitions across both ty dressed in Shabbat white made a It comes as no surprise that singing is Rabbi Feder was born and raised in wakes and then carves a smooth turn deep impact, and that early feeling is San Francisco, and grew up attending referred to ten times in the Bible, each on the other side of the boat. There’s replayed throughout the year for me at Congregation Emanu-El. He earned a The a natural rhythm that’s part of this our synagogue and at Camp Newman time a moment of emotional impor- BA from the University of California, chain of physical movements, and so as well. Music helps us to tap into a res- tance. The tenth time, at the beginning Berkeley, and an MA from Hebrew of the twenty sixth chapter of the Union College – Jewish Institute of I’ve always had certain songs that I sing ervoir of deep feelings. Religion. Rabbi Feder was ordained by as I ski. For me, the two are so closely prophet Isaiah, describes Musician Rick Recht, HUC–JIR in 1994. connected that not only are the melo- Music is a with longing and joy that who will be visiting our He and his wife Sandra have three Power dies the way into a turn, or the chorus the dreamed-of time of shul during Sukkot, powerful soul daughters. of the perfect transition out, but these salvation will be a day in expressed it this way: songs — this music — deepens my trigger and which “… this song shall be connection to the experience. “Music is a powerful serves as the sung in the land of Judah.” soul trigger and serves For the biblical Israelites Music is such an important way for as the soundtrack of soundtrack of and for us, it is natural to us to experience life, and perhaps in our Jewish lives. Our our Jewish lives. express our joy, happiness, Music no area is this more profoundly felt most transformative sadness and thanksgiving than in the sphere of religion. I feel it Jewish experiences are RICK RECHT in song. It brings us closer personally and I can see the impact on almost all soaked in to our inner feelings and THE WAY IN our community at Peninsula Temple Jewish music. Music can bring us closer to God Sholom when Cantor Barry Reich sings also, quite literally, makes us feel good as well. Hashkiveinu, for example, reassuring because, when we hear our favorite and plaintively asking God to envelop This year will be an emotionally rich Rabbi Daniel J. Feder songs, our brains release chemicals us in God’s canopy of peace. I sense and momentous year at Temple Sho- such as dopamine. When we are it when the Cantor sings Eili Eili, the lom, as we mark the final year of younger and our brains are undergoing powerful poem by Hannah Senesh set Cantor Barry’s career before he be- rapid neurological change, the music to beautiful, melancholy music. And it’s comes our cantor emeritus. We have a we listen to becomes wired into our interesting to consider that Mi She- wonderful opportunity to experience brains along with the experiences that beirach has existed hundreds of years, the selfless, gracious and evocative we’re having at the same time. This is but it became regarded as a beloved and way that our cantor leads us in liturgi- how our identities are formed. This is moving prayer when composer Debbie cal music. And we have the chance to also why when we’re sitting in our car Friedman created an accessible and thank him for five decades of spreading with our kids many years later and our inspiring setting for it. a love of Jewish music with us, his favorite Jewish music comes on from PTS family. Let us celebrate the way he As composer Beth Schafer ex- that decade, it takes us right back to creates community through music and pressed it to me: these incredibly powerful memories.” let us allow his music — our music — to “Music picks up where words In The Power of Music: Pioneering in the move us and our souls leave off. It provides that lay- New Science of Song, Elena Mannes ex- And as we experience music through a er of emotion, of connecting amines the scientific reasons why mu- year of lifelong learning, may we find in your kishkes, that even sic is such a powerful force in our lives. the many powerful ways that Jewish the most profound poet We sense that music lifts us up, makes music serves us as a way in, allowing us can’t articulate. We us feel better and moves us in profound to open up to the rich ways of feeling come from a tradition ways, while opening us up to a wide Jewish connections, helping us to of chant — clearly array of feelings. New brain studies ’s gracefully transition from one moment doesn’t just offer real proof that somehow, we are accessible and inspiring of our lives to the next, and to deepen musical setting allowed want us to heed its wired for music. For example, there are the meaning of the experience. for generations of to words, but that we distinct brain areas activated for each find meaning in a text from our traditional liturgy. should feel them of the three musical elements — time, To do so honors the evolutionary as well.” pitch and volume. “It turns out that processes that have shaped both the science today is showing that music is human brain and our Jewish tradition. VOICES 9 סתיו תשע״ח fall 2017 סתיו תשע״ח VOICES fall 2017 8 Thoughts on When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the Music earliest times, and to the latest. COMPILED BY Henry David Thoreau RABBI DAN FEDER

ON REFLECTIONS MUSIC&EDUCATION

e are both huge music When children grow from toddlers RABBI MOLLY PLOTNIK fans. We enjoy playing and listen- to preschoolers and beyond, they joined PTS in 2015 as Director of PRAYER BEGINS ing to music. In Allison’s home there develop their own musical tastes. Education. She brings her love of music and passion for Jewish is rarely a time when music isn’t being The songs that they enjoy reflect education to our community. WHERE OUR POWER ENDS. played in the background or someone this. Do they enjoy Raffi and isn’t playing a musical instrument. Rabbi Plotnik received her MA Sesame Street or maybe popular in Jewish education from the Abraham Joshua Heschel Whether we’re listening, dancing, or music or even classical tunes? It’s Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute singing along, we both make a point easy to tell what they enjoy — most of Religion’s Rhea Hirsch School of of surrounding ourselves with music children will ask to hear the same song Education and was ordained by HUC– throughout our daily lives. JIR in Los Angeles in 2015. Singing is breath that is larger than yourself, so it joins you with again and again (and again). Singing, dancing, and music play an While in rabbinical school, Rabbi As educators, we hope to help our stu- Plotnik further pursued her interest space, with community, with other realms and our deepest inside important role in our Jewish lives as dents develop strong Jewish identities in the intersection of Judaism and well, both professionally and person- from the moment they join our com- the environment by spending several places. You are joining your strand to everyone else’s, weaving ally. Music is present in our schools, munity. Jewish music is summers working for Adamah worship services, Adventures, a Jewish outdoor adventure at the forefront of how camp based out of Atlanta. something with the whole, and this extends the community holidays, camps, and Simply put, we turn that hope into outward into a force bigger than itself. celebrations. Circle time music provides reality. From preschool is filled with dancing, Havdalah and musical instruments, ALLISON STECKLEY’s us with joy. Shabbat to Kesher 25 years of experience in Anne Lamott, Hallelujah Anyway and singing. As with song sessions, education informs her belief most people, music is a our holiest moments are rooted that play enhances every aspect part of our everyday experience. of children’s development and in the spiritual experience that learning. Simply put, music provides us with joy. music provides. At my core, one of my defining beliefs is that while Allison has been with PTS for over every individual has a gift and something to give Research has shown that children This year we have a lot of talented 20 years, starting off as a teacher for the exposed to music in their early years Jewish artists visiting Peninsula parent/toddler class, transitioning into speak more clearly and have larger teaching all age levels in the preschool, the world, we can do the most when we are in Temple Sholom. We welcome back Isaac becoming Assistant Preschool Director community, when we are working together. I think vocabularies, and that music helps Zones as our Jewish music instructor in 2000 and Director in 2011. She has an strengthen their social and emotional for the preschool. Our new Director of educational background in psychology music helps give people the sense that there is a development. Music has the ability to Youth Engagement, Daniel Bernstein, with an emphasis in early childhood and strengthen the connection between brings his past experience as a head special education. ‘together,’ there is a oneness that can then propel the body and brain. For instance, when songleader at the Wilshire Boulevard Allison was one of fifteen educators dancing and moving to music, children Temple Camps. And this year, our selected from across the country to us individually. It takes a communal interaction, a participate in the Jewish Childhood develop better motor skills. Music adult learning program is focused on sense of belonging, a sense of cooperation, that doesn’t just have the ability to put you Education Leadership Institute (JECELI). the theme of music, featuring courses She is also a long-term member of the gives individuals the strength and courage to go out in a good mood, it’s also brain food. related to music and lots of wonderful prestigious National Association of the Music is not just about joy. It can also guests. We look forward to a year filled Education of Young Children (NAEYC). in the world and do what they need to do. have a soothing effect on an upset child with joyous singing and melodies of Cantor Rosalie Boxt as it helps them to relax and change comfort from our youngest to oldest their mood for the better. learners here at PTS. VOICES 11 סתיו תשע״ח fall 2017 THE SOUND OF OUR PEOPLE. THE HEARTBEAT OF PTS. Each of us has our own “I look at music like breathing,” says Cantor personal relationship to music. Music can connect us to the Barry Reich. “And Jewish music is the sound of past and to people and places. Music can help us be in the moment. Music soloists COVER STORY our people.” can move us and lift us up – transcend- Emily by ing the moment to our highest aspira- Pelc and Angela Michael Cantor Barry loves to talk about how certain tions. Sometimes we learn with music. Gold and periodic Music And sometimes we move to music. musicians in residence, Battat melodies transport him back in time, to his Since Cantor Barry announced his such as and Nefesh childhood, to memories of his father, and to upcoming retirement, our congregation Mountain. Led by Adam Steinberger, has begun to meet to articulate a the Music Vision Task Force will soon Ac- memories from PTS long ago. Do certain melodies vision for music at Peninsula Temple be sharing ideas about the future of cord- Sholom. This vision will be informed by music at PTS that will inform the ing to also remind you about time spent with loved ones numerous conversations, visits to other work of the committee who will begin Cantor Barry, or certain places or activities in your life? congregations, and our experience over a search for a cantor to step into in “Jewish music has the past couple of years with guest Cantor Barry’s enormous shoes. changed a lot in the last fifty VOICES 13 סתיו תשע״ח fall 2017 סתיו תשע״ח VOICES fall 2017 12 Vocal musical innovations began as public reading of the Torah became the centerpiece of Jewish life. Congregation- Cantillation marks (ta’amei tion remain between Ashkenazic and ha-mikra) printed above and al chants — unison, responsive, and Oriental Jews. If you want to get a taste below Biblical text guide progressive — became the standard of these variations in musical back- chanting during public worship. form of public worship. Specific chants Here, the cantillation marks for ground, join the Sephardic at Psalm 150:3 are visible in blue. for Torah began with hand signals and Peninsula Temple Sholom on Shabbat led to the creation of ta’amei ha-mikra, morning. Their music reflects influence instructional symbols (a sort of musical from Morocco to Iraq and places in notation) for chanting from Biblical between. text. Eventually, the need to have a skilled vocalist to lead worship led to Responding to Modernity the creation of the role of chazzan. Enlightenment in Europe changed The role of chazzan, or cantor, became everything for Jews. Where they had one of maintaining chant melodies, or previously been segregated in Europe, nusach. Each of the three daily prayers and given limited roles in Muslim-con- (ma’ariv, shacharit, and mincha) had its trolled lands, the Age of Enlighten- own unique melodies to distinguish ment opened up Jewish access to the years. It has evolved because Ozi v’zimrat Yah, v’yhi li lishua — “God is one from another. Also, nusach would greater cultures of Europe. The Jewish Jewish people have changed the my strength and defense, God has change subtly during holidays, and response to modernity was, and is, a MICHAEL BATTAT way they pray, the way they sing, become my salvation.” Many Jews read change significantly for the Days of continuum of responses, ranging from is a long-time PTS congregant, the full text in their daily shacharit Awe (between Rosh Hashanah and married to Susan Battat and father and the way they dance.” As the isolation to assimilation. congregation embarks on the future, (morning) blessings. Several other Yom Kippur). Each community prayed of Hannah. He has a deep commitment In Germany, Jews who wished to to Jewish music, especially at PTS. let’s take some time to remember how songs to God appear in Numbers and in its own slightly-varied melodies enter modern society and retain their we have come to this place by exploring Deuteronomy, but with no mention of that the cantor maintained. Cantors, Michael has trained at national identities as Jews chose to rethink songleading retreats with other Jewish music from biblical times to the musical instruments used in rituals to through prayer and education, taught practice and ritual in a Jewish ref- songleaders from other Reform present. While the style of music has praise God. youngsters. Those who showed apti- congregations. Over the years, he has tude might eventually become the next ormation — the birth of the Reform changed, the impact on prayer, com- The Psalms, attributed to King David, helped lead Cantor Barry’s Zimriyah chazzan for that community, or would movement. Jewish practice in Reform youth choir, taught religious school, and munity, and life remains the same. are described as songs. They include strike out to look for a role with a near- took as its model of music the German led Shabbat worship services. Today, references to the use of instruments, practices of the time: choral music with Michael meets regularly with other PTS Biblical & Historical References by community. musicians to jam and play together in a especially in Psalm 150, which instructs organ. The cantor would hold the lead- casual setting. The history of Jewish music ties the reader to praise God with lute, lyre, Modes of chant developed to engage ership role in initiating prayers, with directly to the history of the Jewish horn, drums, timbrel, dance, strings, the congregation, including individual the choir singing along with, or in the people, and includes both religious and and cymbals. Over time, music became singing by the cantor, unison singing place of, the congregation. The cantor non-religious music. According to Curt more prevalent. Writings in the time by the congregation and the cantor, would continue to maintain nusach for Sachs, quoted in Encyclopedia Judaica of King David and King Solomon refer and call-and-response melodies. Some the congregation, and composers for from his opening lecture to the First to Levitical singers and musicians. examples of these are Kol Nidre sung the Reform world created choral music International Congress of Jewish Mu- Excavations from the period of the by the cantor, Avot v’Imahot chanted by to augment the prayer service. the cantor and congregation, and the sic in Paris 1957, “Jewish music is that Temples have uncovered cymbals and The Reform mode of choral Chatzi Kaddish and Bar’chu chanted as music which is made by Jews, for Jews, other instruments used in Temple rit- music with organ followed call-and-response. as Jews.” uals. During the Babylonian exile, the Jews from Germany to songs turned into lamentations of the References to music are found in the Across the Jewish world, where indi- the United States. Each Israelites for their homeland. Torah and subsequent writings. The vidual communities were often isolated major Reform congregation first reference to musical instruments The who became the de-facto from one another, traditions of chant that was started prior to occurs in the story of Cain and Abel, Jewish leadership following the de- grew up in localized and regional- the 1980s has (or had) a where Yuval, the great, great, great, struction of the Second Temple mourn- ized Jewish population centers that choir loft and organ as an great, grandson of Cain is identified as ed its loss and the devastation laid on changed relatively infrequently from integral part of its design. th the progenitor of families who play the the Israelites by the Romans. Mourn- the first through the 17 centuries. In San Francisco, Reform Occasionally, melodies and modes of congregations Sherith Israel kinnor (lute) and ugav (pipe). During ing over the Temple and the loss of its Congregation Sherith Israel the Exodus, the Israelites burst into rituals led the rabbis to decree that no prayer would move among communi- and Emanu-El have both acquired their historic Murray M. song after escaping Pharaoh’s army musical instruments be played as part ties with practitioners who would travel organs and choir lofts as prominent Harris Co. pipe organ in 1904. through the miracle of the Sea of of Jewish religious ritual. That decree among regions, but change was the parts of their sanctuaries. exception, rather than the rule. Reeds, which includes words from has stayed in place among traditionally Another response to modernity, the observant Jews to this day. A number of differences in music tradi- Conservative movement, started in עָ זִי וְ תזִמְרָ יָּה וַ יְהִ י־לִי לִ יׁשּועָ ה — Exodus 15:2 VOICES 15 סתיו תשע״ח fall 2017 סתיו תשע״ח VOICES fall 2017 14 the United States. Conservative Jews and Debbie Friedman. Each of their , bass, piano, and drums. ence, Cantor Benjie reserved the right to re-interpret prac- works were featured prominently on This was one of three services offered Ellen Schiller wrote tice and mitzvot, but retained much of NFTY albums. by the church that morning. The other an essay in 2007 that the ritual and practice of traditional two had music provided by their choir, identified five uses The language of guitar and voice communities, including chants and dressed in matching robes, and backed for music in prayer made its way from popular music and melodies. Until recently, Conservative by their in-sanctuary organ. settings. Cantor Ro- summer camp into Reform synagogue congregations also abstained from use salie Boxt, who will settings. A number of the songs includ- of musical instruments in prayer – cer- Reframing Music Experience be the scholar-in-resi- ed civil rights and freedom songs that tainly on Shabbat, but also for religious in Religious Settings dence at PTS’ con- aligned with the values of Reform syn- ceremonies. gregational retreat in agogues, which were active in the civil Musical innovation did not stop with January 2018, shared rights movement of the 1960s. Many Shlomo Carlebach and Nurit Hirsh. Camp, Guitar, and Israel a similar framework above: Julie Silver performs at PTS in 2012. credit Cantor William Sharlin as the Every year, new music is created by at the URJ’s Hava Nashira songlead- (Photo courtesy Habib Lichaa.) The 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s saw the first invested cantor to strap on a guitar Jews as expressions of text that can ing retreat in 2010. She identified four below: (clockwise from top left) Rick Recht, growth of the Jewish camping move- in a sanctuary. The practice of adding be applied in religious settings. Craig Noam Katz, Elana Jagoda, Dan Nichols, primary types of music: ment. At the same time, guitar to worship spread across the Taubman, Doug Cotler, Ramie Ari- Saul Kaye, Craig Taubman began a resurgence across the United United States throughout the decade as an, Doug Mishkin, Julie Silver, Beth ==Music of Majesty transcends the (Photos by Josh Mason-Barkin.) States. Woody Guthrie, The Weavers, an addition and alternative to the choir Schafer, Stacey Beyer, Naomi Less, Peri spirit of the congregation from Pete Seeger, and others had and organ of Reform practice. Smilow, Rabbi Shefa Gold, Hannah this world to a higher aspirational radio programs and shared Tiferet Siegel, , Gordon In addition to camp music, others plane approaching the divine. music that was popular both Lustig, Rick Recht, Elana Jagoda, Dan in the Jewish community and in In Reform Jewish history, often regionally and nationally. For Nichols, Josh Nelson, Noam Katz, Saul Israel began to fuse liturgical text this kind of music was sung with children who attended sum- Kaye, and Noah Aronson are just some with guitar-based melodies. In the cantor, choir, and organ, in a mer camp across the country, of the amazingly talented songwriters the United States and Israel, Reb melody that the congregation did these new folk songs became who are creating new music that adds Shlomo Carlebach became popular not sing. part of the repertoire of to Jewish religious experience. Many for his merging of text with singable, songs that were sung around of these musicians have visited PTS ==Music of Memory connects meaningful melodies. The birth of Cantor William Sharlin, campfires and at other camp in recent years sharing their musical members of the congregation with 1920-2012, served Leo Baeck the State of Israel brought forth new activities. inspiration with the PTS community. past experiences that reflect - Temple in Los Angeles and songwriters who took both liturgical taught at HUC–JIR. Israelis such as Tzvika Pik, Yonatan tion, aspiration, intention and/or Jewish summer camps were text and Jewish experience and Razel, Moshav , and the song- connection. For “classical” Reform run by a number of institu- combined them into popular Hebrew writers of Nava Tehila also provide Jews, this is likely music sung in tions, including JCCs, religious move- songs. The Oseh Shalom melody new melodies for religious settings. In unison with the cantor and organ. ments including Union of American that is sung at PTS at the end of the addition, congregations have adapted For those who grew up with more Hebrew Congregations (UAHC, the Mourner’s Kaddish and at other places secular melodies to particular religious forerunner of today’s Union for Reform in a service is from this era; it was participatory synagogue music, settings, such as Bob Marley’s “Re- Judaism), and independent community written in 1969 by Nurit Hirsh for this can be music sung at camp or demption Song.” camps (like Camp Tawon- the inaugural Hassidic Song Festival in youth settings with guitar. ga). Each developed its own (the song placed third that year). The In attempting to frame the use of ==Music of the music traditions. Some Reform community also worked to music in the religious experi- camps had few songs of fuse Israeli melodies in Hebrew into Jewish content, while others religious services – as a reminder of the developed a strong focus on commitment and connection between music. Camps affiliated with Jews in prayer here and Jews in Israel. UAHC, like Goldman Union The Reform movement’s shift away Camp Institute in Zionsville, from choir and organ to guitar and con- Indiana and Camp Swig in gregational singing now firmly informs Saratoga, California, created the style of music in congregations music for religious settings Shlomo Carlebach, 1925-1994 across the country. This change is not and for camp spirit. unique to the Reform Jewish commu- The UAHC National Federation of Tem- nity. Churches too have shifted their ple Youth responded to this burst of style of music to respond to the chang- camp music by collecting and distribut- ing preferences of congregants. At a ing it. Early on, NFTY published seven recent 9th-grade PTS religious school records, starting with Michael Isaac- class trip to First Presbyterian Church son’s Shabbat music. Other recording in Burlingame, PTS students experi- artists included Kol B’seder (Rabbi Dan enced a service led by the pastor and Freelander and Cantor Jeff Klepper), Praise Band, which included singers, סתיו תשע״ח VOICES fall 2017 16 Moment helps the congregation bie Friedman and Jeff Klepper. For oth- to be theirs. An example is the “Amen” identity. In some congregations, Israeli be present with the intention of ers still, it’s the latest Noah Aronson, at the end of the Zweibeck/Chasen/ songs are tools to helping children and a given prayer or moment of the Dan Nichols, and Hillel Tiguy melodies Brodsky/Jonas Hashkiveinu–Shelter adults learn Hebrew. from this past year at summer camp. Us sung at summer camps and many service. In many cases, this is Some Jewish music has artistic in- In addition to recalling time and place, congregations. Theamen verse can last either instrumental music backing tent and may be appropriate in the music helps people recall other people two or three rounds, depending on the spoken text, music in a period sanctuary – but often just for Jewish with whom they were connected. energy in the room, and the congrega- of silence, or music with lyrics cultural value. For example, while there intended to create an emotional tion’s expectations. Music of the Moment are many songs from connection for each worshipper. the musical “Fiddler on Just as choral and orchestral work can A Service of Majesty, Memory, the Roof” that contain ==Music of the Community help find majesty, instrumental and Moment, and Community Jewish perspectives and intends to engage congregants in contemplative music can help define Each of these elements (Majesty, Mem- values, only one (‘Sab- building connection and common the moment. At Kol Nidre services, ory, Moment and Community) can be bath Prayer’) has been interest using a range of singing solo cello, flute, or organ, have been used in different proportions to create adopted by techniques, including unison used to fill the time of contemplation a musical environment that aligns with for use from time to singing, call and response, rounds, between spoken prayers to help provide the kavanah of both a given prayer time. Similarly, Barbra and other interactive communi- inspiration to worshippers considering and a given service. A service about Streisand’s music from ty-connecting techniques. the past year. Lyrics of both secular the Exodus from Egypt might include “Yentl” includes both and Jewish songs can help connect the Using these four types of music as a song of majesty about salvation, a powerful Jewish ideas congregation to concepts of redemp- templates, the clergy can begin to civil rights song of memory, melodies as well as struggles with tion, thanksgiving, freedom, and praise think about how to weave music into a of spirituals to connect moments of those ideas. that reflect the kavanah (intention) of service in a meaningful way. contemplation, and introductions of the moment. And, some Jewish music has a commu- songs that reflect text and redemption nal and cultural intent. , Israeli Music of Majesty that can be sung by the community. Music of the Community pop music, and are just For those who wish to create majestic These four types of music are woven Community music is intended to bring some examples of Jewish music that is music, orchestra, organ, choral, and together to create a complete worship communities together. In his book, made by Jews for Jews and for con- solo voice all provide the potential experience. “Building Singing Communities,” sumption in a Jewish setting. In some of majesty. By definition, majestic Joey Weisenberg describes music as cases, the relevant consumption points music transcends earthly bounds, Other Jewish Music a fundamental connection among are Jewish summer camps, where and is therefore not a setting sung by congregations. He focusses on niggun- A range of Jewish music exists beyond past, present, and future can collide to congregation in unison. Many of the im ­ — wordless melodies that are sung religious settings. Some has been writ- reinvigorate old ideas, innovate in new settings for prayers for the Days of by congregations ­— as well as new nu- ten for educational use in preschools ways, and reflect the times as perceived Awe are majestic, requiring sach. In his treatise, Weisenberg recom- and religious schools. Educational by our youth. a strong, trained voice to mends relinquishing fixed forward-fac- songs can teach values, introduce symbolize reaching directly We also find ways to borrow from secu- ing pews, audio amplification, and historical figures, or highlight specific to God. Note the difference lar and Chris- the raised bimah for a congregational texts, as a fun way to connect Jewish between these settings and experience where singing happens in youth to their Jewish the settings for congrega- the center of the room and radiates tional unison singing around outward. This structure encourages lis- admissions of weakness, con- tening, intentionality, expertise in the fessions of sin, and asking for content, opportunities to harmonize, God’s pardon – all of which and innovation. Listening, intentional- are written and sung with ity, and expertise in content are also at Danny Maseng the congregational voice. the core of community prayer. Some examples of Music of Majesty in more contemporary settings While most congregations might see include Danny Maseng’s Elohai N’tzor Weisenberg’s vision as a radical step, and Leon Sher’s Heal Us Now. this idea of building a singing core is key to Music of the Community. Unlike Music of Memory other types of music, it requires con- This music varies from age to age, as gregational knowledge and ownership. the musical experience takes individ- When a setting is designed to be Music uals back to specific periods. At Penin- of the Community, parts or all of the sula Temple Sholom, some people will music ­— especially the “hook” ­— be- have nusach and Orthodox or Conserva- long to the congregation. Over time, tive prayer as core memory. For others, the congregation will expect the specif- it’s organ and choir. For others, it’s Deb- ic niggun, response to a call, or chorus סתיו תשע״ח VOICES fall 2017 18 tian melodies at camp. At PTS, one across North America, how she does melody we sing for “Pitchu Li” is based this in her congregation. She describes on a Randy Scruggs melody the need to cultivate the Jewish value called “Sanctuary” (“O, Lord, of hachnasat orchim (welcoming the WHERE prepare me / To be a sanctu- strangers) to communities. ary”). That song was popular There is also the need for cantors, and sung just on its own by WORDS soloists, and songleaders to help build campers and counselors in expertise and familiarity in ways that the 1980s at the Goldman are respectful to the congregation. In- Union Camp Institute. When LEAVE OFF troducing a melody that a congregation the staff at camp raised ob- has never heard to a prayer setting may jections to a country/Chris- EVENTS HONORING require a story for a setting of Majesty, tian melody being sung at CANTOR BARRY REICH or it may require a lead-in for a setting Randy Scruggs camp, the counselors added of Moment. For Community music, the “Pitchu Li” text. (Other Jewish mu- which the congregation is expected to Peninsula Temple Sholom’s inaugural magazine, sicians have incorporated “Sanctuary” sing, it is important to introduce the focusing on music at PTS, would not be complete with Mah Tovu.) Another melody and lyrics in such a way that without acknowledging Cantor Barry Reich’s 50th melody that has made its way the congregation can grasp what they and final year as PTS’ cantor before he transitions to into Jewish settings is “Love must own. the position of Cantor Emeritus on July 1, 2018. the Lord” by Lincoln Brew- Words cannot begin to express how blessed our ster, whose text is Deuter- One of the core values of PTS is community has been onomy 6:5 (V’ahavta): “Love embracing change, and this includes to have Cantor Barry’s the Lord your God / With all welcoming and nurturing of new styles Where words warmth, wisdom, pas- your heart, with all your soul of music as we venture into the future. leave off, sion, and musical soul / With all your might, with We may, as a congregation, choose to for the last five decades. music begins. all your strength.” be open to trying new approaches to He has touched the lives t’filah from time to time. We may, as HEINRICH HEINE Where Do We Go a congregation, want to let our kids and uplifted the hearts of Lincoln Brewster from Here? become our teachers from time to time, countless congregants, fam- inspiring us with their energy and en- ilies, and b’nai mitzvah students with his music, singing, Throughout time, music has remained thusiasm. And we may, as individuals, teaching, and kindness. Under his leadership, the musical core to the Jewish experience. Yet, the ask ourselves what we need from music experience at PTS has continued to evolve and to reflect new changes of the past 50 years and the this week: majesty, memory, moments, artists and influences from across the Jewish world. In his explosive growth of new Jewish music or connection. And, we can think about emeritus role, Cantor Barry will still — and always — be a part challenge the conventions of nusach others in our midst, and the answers of our community, and as his community we are excited that he that have dominated nearly 2,000 years they might offer to the same questions. will be able to fulfill his dream of devoting well-deserved time to of Jewish experience. How do congre- Our awareness of our own needs and long-cherished projects and to his family. gations find a way to connect with the MARK YOUR CALENDAR the needs of others can help shape our Because words fall short of all that the Cantor means to us, we past that honors the past while explor- May 5 Gala Fundraiser honoring Cantor Barry response to musical settings and help are looking forward to honoring him with music in a Celebration ing new music that allows the creation us build connection with our fellow June 1–3 Celebration Weekend open to all, with a Weekend open to the extended PTS community at the start of of new connections and new interpre- congregants and worshippers. And, Community Shabbat Service honoring June, with a special Shabbat service on June 1 and a concert on tations? ultimately, as Cantor Barry reminds us, Cantor Barry (June 1) and Celebration June 3. Cantor Ellen Dreskin, a congregational regardless of the style, all Jewish music Concert (June 3) This is a significant time of transition for our community. Embracing cantor, faculty member at the Hebrew is as at the core of our Jewish soul. change is one of our congregation’s core values; we honor the living Union College – Jewish Institute of legacy that is passed on to us by continuing to evolve and grow. PTS Religion, and educator of Jewish music is committed to joyfully celebrating with Cantor Barry, to finding and welcoming a new cantor when the time comes, and (in the meantime) to taking this opportunity to reflect on the musical experiences that we as a congregation want in the future. We are approaching each of these of challenges as thoughtfully as we know how. A Year Music Please watch upcoming synagogue communications for details about the We look forward to welcoming work of the Transition Steering Committee and the Music Vision Task Rick Recht, Cantor Rosalie Force, Cantorial Search Committee, Celebration Weekend and Gala Fundraiser Task Forces. We will be reporting throughout the year on the Boxt, and as progress of each and how you can be a part of this important transition. guest musicians at PTS in 2017-18. — Nathaniel Bergson-Michelson and Heidi Schell We asked… WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE PIECE OF JEWISH MUSIC? You have to hear “Lev B’lev” by Beth Schafer. She sings beautifully about how we look for God by looking above, but that really, the power of God is found through human relationships, through the heart, the words, and the human touch of the people who impact our lives most It changes on any given day, but right now deeply. I’d choose Dan Nichols’ version of the prayer I love the depth of Beth’s lyrics and the complexity of her Asher Yatzar. It's from his album titled music. The themes she writes about are varied, spiritually “Beautiful & Broken,” which sums it all up. moving, and uplifting. It’s about seeing our imperfections as part of what make us beautiful and whole, and RABBI DAN FEDER thanking God for allowing us to live in this world, beautifully imperfect. RABBI MOLLY PLOTNIK Director of Education

I love Bonia Shur’s . While this setting of the Hallel (Psalms 113-118, chanted on Sukkot, Passover, and Shavuot) is not something I listen to every day, this piece of music transports me back to my days at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati. Each spring, composer Bonia Shur gathered a group of students to sing his choral piece and perform it for the rest of the community. One of my favorite pieces of Jewish Throughout the 20-minute music is the Hashkiveinu prayer. performance, a variety of It spoke to me the very first time musical instruments and I heard it sung at services. I sing individual voices come together it with my daughter at bedtime, in prayer. Listening, I felt continuing Camp Newman’s spiritually connected to Hallel’s nightly ritual which she loved. praise for God. Whenever I hear HEIDI SCHELL a recording, I can feel myself First Vice-President transported back to the chapel at the seminary. RABBI LISA DELSON

Dan Nichols teaches at pts retreat Camp Newman, 2016

Mine is “Haneshama Lach” by Shlomo Carlebach. My favorite piece of Jewish music is “If I Were A Rich Man,” from Fiddler on the Roof. It’s a liturgical piece from the High Holy Days, which The song, performed by Tevye, speaks about the says, “The soul is Yours, and the body is Your hand- plight of impoverished shtetl Jews. Even though it’s iwork ​, have mercy on the fruit of Your labors.” It catchy and kind of fun, it’s written in a minor key, takes me back to my childhood. usually used to evoke a somber feeling. CANTOR BARRY REICH DANIEL BERNSTEIN Director of Youth Engagement

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Our 2017-2018 PROTEST SONGS: SOCIAL TORAH TROPE eeThursdays, October 26 – February 8 EZRA-NEHEMIAH MORNING TALMUD STUDY JUSTICE THROUGH MUSIC ee ee Adult Learning eeSundays, December 3 & 17 ƔƔ7:00pm – 8:00pm Thursdays, November 2, 2017 - February 8, 2018 Wednesdays ƔƔ1:00 – 2:00pm ƔƔ8:15 – 9:15am ƔƔ9:30am – 10:30am ƏƏ$25 for textbook ¨¨Il Piccolo Caffé, 1219 Broadway Ave., Burlingame program is Led by Rabbi Lisa Delson Led by Rabbi Molly Plotnik Led by Rabbi Dan Feder Led by Rabbi Molly Plotnik centered Weaving together the Jewish imperative to In this 7-session class, students will learn how to The Book of Ezra (also known as Ezra–Nehemiah) pursue social justice and our nation’s tradition chant Torah with ease! Students should have basic tells the story of the group who returned to Using the new Koren Talmud with an accessible on learning of proclaiming justice through song, we’ll look at Hebrew reading skills. No musical skills required. Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile. It’s both translation, interesting commentary and fun a chronological and spiritual history of that illustrations, we’ll delve into the world of Talmud protest songsMusic through the lens of Judaism and Pre-Registration required to Rabbi Molly at generation, and a retelling of their (perhaps together. No Talmud experience necessary — this through music. social justice. [email protected]. still relevant) struggle with Jewish communal class is for everyone as we study rabbinic thoughts identity and understanding Torah as a set of on spirituality, dreams, prayer, and more. laws for governing society. We’ll pick up where we left off last spring with the end of Ezra and Come every week or drop by when you can. continue through Nehemiah. BACK TO THE SOURCE CONGREGATIONAL RETREAT WISE AGING eeWednesdays, starting October 18 JANUARY 26-28, 2018 Ɣ eeMondays, beginning October 30 Ɣ11:00am – 12:00pm ƔƔ11:00am – 1:00pm Led by Rabbi Dan Feder

NEW “WISE AGING” CLASS THIS FALL! A thoughtful, verse-by-verse examination of the context With artists-in-residence Cantor Rosalie Boxt and Isaac Brynjegard-Bialik. behind Torah teachings with Rabbi Feder. In small-group A full life is not just filled with constant discussion we find real connections with the text, and with doing. Wise aging is an opportunity for each each other. CANTOR ROSALIE BOXT most recently served Temple Emanuel in Kensington, Maryland, just north of us to integrate our life experiences as we of Washington DC. Cantor Boxt was invested Cantor from the School of Sacred Music of the Hebrew Come every week or drop by when you can. journey toward wisdom and self-acceptance, Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion in New York in 2001. A long-time NFTY, Goldman Union a journey we take together. This class is Camp, and Kutz Camp songleader, she co-edited the Shireinu Chordster, published Fall 2000. HOT TOPICS LUNCH GROUP based on resources by Rabbi Rachel Cowan eeThursdays October 26, November 16, December 21, Rosalie also serves as the URJ Worship Advisor and Biennial Worship Director. She is a Synagogue 3000 and Dr. Linda Thal, primarily their book January 25, February 22, March 15, April 26, May 17 Fellow, and is a Partner in the Kalsman Institute on Judaism and Health. She is also a past Vice-Pres- Wise Aging: Living with Joy, Resilience, and ƔƔ12:00pm ident for Member Relations of the American Conference of Cantors (ACC). Through PresenTense, an Spirit. Learning modes include text study, incubator for young Jewish social entrepreneurs and ConnectGens of the DC-JCC, she launched a active listening, mindfulness meditation, exercises, reflection, ¨¨Law Offices of Norman Harris, 1220 Howard Ave, Burlingame non-profit business called Kesher Shir: a venture that brings together Jewish musicians from diverse and journaling — all experiences that help us acquire skills for Led by Rabbi Dan Feder backgrounds to study, collaborate, and create meaningful music which will enrich and enliven worship making changes that will lead to a deeper sense of well-being. and strengthen communities. She currently mentors cantors in the field and consults congregations on This lively roundtable discussion issues of worship and music. Pre-registration and purchase of Wise Aging book required. Contact takes a contemporary look at Jewish Linda Korth for more information and calendar of dates that class thought and experience. Topics will meet ([email protected]). range from modern Jewish life and ISAAC BRYNJEGARD-BIALIK is an artist living in Southern California. He cuts up paper and TORAH TODAY Israel to Jewish holidays, current reassembles it into works made of clean lines and patterns, sinuous shapes and sharp edges, large events, and more. This is the ulti- fields of color and small intimate spaces. eeSaturdays ƔƔ9:00 – 10:00am mate brown bag lunch — you supply He first showed his artwork in a “Yom Yerushalayim” arts fair in Jerusalem, and has since shown the food, Rabbi Feder supplies the food for Start your Shabbat morning with your rabbis and a in galleries across the United States; his art is in the hands of private collectors around the world. thought. Brynjegard-Bialik's most recent large commissions include "Tree of Life" for the new chapel space discussion-based study of the week’s portion. Be ready to engage in lively dialogue and debate as we invoke at Children's Hospital Los Angeles and "To Boldly Go," presented to William Shatner on behalf of Come every month or drop by when you can. the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland. commentaries both traditional and current and seek anchors in the Torah for our modern, mobile lives. Trained in graphic design, Brynjegard-Bialik started cutting paper while living in Jerusalem. He regularly speaks about the intersection of art and Judaism, has written on the topic for the CCAR Come every week or drop by when you can. Journal, and maintains an annual summer residency at URJ Camp Newman, where he leads workshops teaching campers about papercutting. In 2013, he was the artist-in-residence for the Union for Biennial. More Adult Learning Opportunities WITH SCHOLAR-IN-RESIDENCE RABBI RICHARD ADDRESS November 10-12, 2017

A JEWISH APPROACH EMBRACING TO WHOLENESS DIVERSITY eeFriday, November 10 eeSaturday, November 11 ƔƔ6:30pm Shabbat service ƔƔ7 – 10pm honoring veterans followed by savory oneg Havdalah and conversation. Over 8pm Discussion dessert and drinks, discuss how Boomers’ embracing of diversity has A lively conversation on relationships, impacted American Judaism. health, and wellness. Rabbi Richard F. Address, D.Min, is “LIFE IS A JOURNEY” founder and director of jewishsacredaging. TORAH TODAY WITH ee Sunday, November 12 com. Previously, he served for over three RABBI ADDRESS ƔƔ9:30am Brunch eeSaturday, November 11 decades on staff at the Union for Reform 10am Program Judaism in a variety of roles related to family ƔƔ9 – 10am Share stories of connection and programming. Rabbi Address was ordained For our weekly Torah study, we community in the context of Alvin from Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute welcome special guest Rabbi Richard Fine’s poem that begins, “Birth is a of Religion in 1972 and began his rabbinic Address, who will lead us through beginning and death a destination…” career as a congregational rabbi. parshat Chayei Sarah. A major part of Address’ work has been in the development and implementation of the project on Sacred Aging. This project has been responsible for creating awareness and resources for congregations on the implications of the emerging longevity revolution with growing emphasis on the aging of the baby boom generation. This aging revolution has begun to impact all aspects of Jewish communal and congregational life.

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