Central Synagogue Podcast

Sermon by Gilad Kariv, September 13th, 2024

After a beautiful duet with Cantor Dan Mutlu at our Friday night service, Rabbi Deborah Sacks Mintz shares the back story behind "Min HaMeitzar," a musical interpretation of Psalm 118, with Rabbi Andrew Kaplan Mandel.

The Installation of Sivan Rotholz September 6, 2024

In 1964-65, Leonard Bernstein took a sabbatical from conducting the New York Philharmonic and emerged with the Chichester Psalms, a grand three-movement piece for chorus, solo, and orchestra, leveraging six different psalms as source text. Rabbi Andrew Kaplan Mandel speaks with emerging composer Jake Safirstein about the history and artistry of this soaring masterpiece.

Links to watch the full programs:  Hineini: A Pre-Show Suffs Talk with Producer Jill Furman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63YTufZ31Fc    Learn more about our  Hineini civic engagement initiative here: https://www.centralsynagogue.org/special/hineini-a-civic-engagement-effort Central Synagogue is not a political organization; our nonpartisan  Hineini initiative emphasizes democracy as a value sh...

Links to watch the full programs:  Hineini: A Pre-Show Suffs Talk with Producer Jill Furman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63YTufZ31Fc    Hineini: The Legacy and Lessons of Marriage Equality:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw7QxeH-VDw Learn more about our  Hineini civic engagement initiative here: https://www.centralsynagogue.org/special/hineini-a-civic-engagement-effort Central Synagogue is...

Links to watch the full programs:  Hineini: Bret Stephens & Rabbi Angela Buchdahl in Conversation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwsrqCND_sg Hineini: The Legacy and Lessons of Marriage Equality:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw7QxeH-VDw Learn more about our  Hineini civic engagement initiative here: https://www.centralsynagogue.org/special/hineini-a-civic-engagement-effort Central Synagogue...

Show notes:  Links to watch the full programs:  Hineini: Bret Stephens & Rabbi Angela Buchdahl in Conversation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwsrqCND_sg Learn more about our  Hineini civic engagement initiative here: https://www.centralsynagogue.org/special/hineini-a-civic-engagement-effort Central Synagogue is not a political organization; our nonpartisan  Hineini initiative emphasizes democra...

Sermon by Rabbi Hilly Haber, "The Season of Love: Elul 5784" August 30, 2024

Our psalms call for us to sing out a "shir hadash," a new song. Rabbi Cantor Shani Ben-Or shares with Rabbi Andrew Kaplan Mandel how she and her colleagues at the Niggunim Ensemble did just that with their version of Psalm 96.

Sermon by Rabbi Sivan Rotholz, "Vulnerability is the Language of Connection" August 23, 2024

Kabbalat Shabbat often achieves lift-off at Central Synagogue with Rabbi Josh Warshawsky's Psalm 95, Lechu Neranena. The composer speaks with Rabbi Andrew Kaplan Mandel about how he constructed this layered, rhythmic, and joyful setting.

Sermon by Jenna Pearsall, "Music: A Connector of Hearts" August 16, 2024

Sharing one of the gorgeous original melodies flowing from Jerusalem's Nava Tehila spiritual community, Daphna Rosenberg speaks with Cantor Jenna Pearsall about Psalm 92, "Mizmor Shir L'Yom HaShabbat."

Sermon by Rabbi Angela Buchdahl, "Scouting Out Destruction, And Hope: Tisha B’Av 2024" August 9th, 2024

An expert practitioner in the art of Jewish chant, Rabbi Shefa Gold describes to Rabbi Andrew Kaplan Mandel how her now-famous setting of "Ashrei" from Psalm 84 helps her enter the house of the Eternal.

Sermon by Rabbi Rebecca Rosenthal, "The Project of Peoplehood" August 2nd, 2024

In the third of Rabbi Nicole Auerbach's three-part mini-series interviewing poets, Rabbi Karyn Kedar shares how the psalms have come to matter in her own life -- sometimes with the help of her own pen.

Sermon by Cantor Dan Mutlu, "From Sacrifice to Prayer: The Essence of True Giving" July 26th, 2024

When we have no words during the intense events of our lives, the Psalms can provide them. Contemporary poet Jessica Greenbaum speaks with Rabbi Nicole Auerbach about the role that psalms can play for people today.

Sermon by Rabbi Andrew Kaplan Mandel, "Unobstructed Views" July 19, 2024

Poet Alden Solovy reflects on the literary potency of ancient psalms -- and shares selections from his forthcoming book, Enter These Gates, in an interview with Rabbi Nicole Auerbach.

Sermon by Rabbi Ari Lorge, "In the Space Between Two Verses" July 12, 2024

Cantor Dan Mutlu shares the artistry of groundbreaking 17th-century Jewish musician Salamone Rossi, including his uplifting setting of Psalm 67, in an interview with Rabbi Andrew Kaplan Mandel.

Sermon by Rabbi Sarah Berman, "Rebel, Rebel" July 5, 2024