Gender Equality in Jewish Religious Leadership
Frances Morrill Schlitt reflects on the ways gender roles have changed in the Jewish religious establishment, explaining that she still feels that a women at the bima is a "special event." She points...
View ArticleSurprising Confession From Klezmer Star: "I Hated Jewish Music At First"
EX152_439 Frank London, world-renowned Jewish trumpet player for the Klezmatics, discusses his dislike for the music he heard at synagogue growing up and his discovery - through the first rehearsals...
View ArticleThe Kaddish
EX171_1111 Robert Booth, artist, explains his favorite part of the Reform service.
View ArticleLazar Weiner's Work In Jewish Synagogue Music
EX131_891 Yehudi WynerYehudi Wyner - an American composer, music educator, pianist and conductor and the son of Lazar Weiner (a Yiddish composer) - talks about the ambitious task his father, Lazar...
View ArticleThe Goyim
EX178_1261 William Robin - temple administrator and WWII veteran - explains that the Orthodox shul considered the Reform shul a place filled with goyim (non-Jews).
View ArticleOrthodox Observance and a Reform Bat Mitzvah
EX439_2549 Selma Gordon, a retired school aide, remembers her family's observance of kashrut at home, as well as the bat mitzvah ceremony she participated in at a local Reform synagogue.More from this...
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