The Shoresh Halev Center for Jewish Music at Beth El fulfills a central mission of the synagogue to use music as a foundation for ritual and secular communal life. The goal of the Center is to infuse music into every aspect of synagogue life, including all demographics such as toddlers, nursery, school-age students, young families, and empty-nesters.
This exciting music initiative was launched in the spring of 2021, and plays a fundamental role in shaping religious services as well as wide-ranging cultural events and activities. Shoresh Halev Center for Jewish Music at Beth El aims to integrate music into the Beth El community and to position Beth El Synagogue Center as a hub for musicians and artists who are part of the current renaissance of Jewish music, nationally and internationally.
In addition, Shoresh Halev Center for Jewish Music supports emerging Jewish artists; provides opportunities for established artists and composers of new Jewish music to serve as scholars and artists in residence; hosts concerts, symposia, workshops and conferences; and fosters dialogue and events with other religious communities in the region.
“For many years, music has been central to our mission,” states Rabbi David Schuck. “We are extremely proud of this initiative and believe that this exciting music program reflects our core values. Music serves as a spiritual practice, allowing people to experience personal and communal sacred time. It brings us together and touches our hearts like nothing else can. Shoresh Halev will have a tremendous impact in our synagogue and we believe that it will be a vehicle to strengthen the larger Southern Westchester Jewish community as well.”
Shoresh Halev Center for Jewish Music is funded by The Shoresh Halev Fund, which was established through a generous grant by Carla and Laurence Stein, in memory of Laurence’s parents, Morrie and Ruth Stein, of blessed memory, and Carla’s father, Raphael Kruss, of blessed memory, and in honor of Carla’s mother, Joyce Kruss. Although Beth El Synagogue Center provides ancillary support to the activities of Shoresh Halev Center for Jewish Music, primary funding comes from the Shoresh Halev Fund, and donations to the Fund are encouraged. To donate to the Shoresh Halev Fund, click here.
Shoresh Halev Center for Jewish Music at Beth El is led by Jack Klebanow, Music Director, who has served as Music Director at Beth El since 2017. As Music Director, Jack is responsible for mapping out the strategy for achieving the Center’s vision.
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