Dear friends, Tomorrow night, Thursday June 5, is the first night of Shavuos, commemorating the receiving of the Torah 3315 years ago at Mount Sinai. There is...
Dear friends, This summer's kumsitz series was inaugurated last Sunday on a special kumsitz hike with the Jewish Outdoors Club. Thanks to the sixty hikers who...
Dear friends, I regret to announce that in a couple of months I'm going to have to stop sending out these weekly Jewish music emails. I started a few years...
Dear friends, This weekend there's a lot of great Jewish music going on. I guess it's the last chance before the summer really hits. I'll be performing to...
Dear friends, I'm writing this on a train heading back from a weekend in the beautiful town of Sharon, a tree-filled suburb of Boston. This is a wonderful...
Dear friends, Here's this week's Jewish music update, after a month-long hiatus due to the music restrictions of the Three Weeks (and the crash of my laptop --...
Dear friends, In a few days I'm off to Israel for a year of learning, so this will be my final weekend in NYC: I'll be leading the davening with lots of...
Dear friends, I'm in Israel now for a year of learning, so I'm not able to continue the NY musiclist from here. Instead I'm starting up again the Israel music...
B"H Shalom Friends! Jewish Music Continues! My friend and teacher Reb Gili Houpt has entrusted me with the important duty of letting you all know about the...
B"H Shalom Friends, I hope everyone is having a beautiful start to a year, please G-d, filled with blessings. Friday at sundown begins the holiday of ...
B"H Shalom Friends, This Sat. night begins the Jewish month of Cheshvan. It is often called "Mar" Cheshvan, meaning bitter, since the month lacks Jewish ...
B"H Shalom Friends, This Monday evening, the 16th of Mar Cheshvan, commemorates the 9th yahrtzeit of Reb Shlomo Carlebach. Reb Shlomo's music and message ...
B"H Shalom Friends, This week Reva L' Sheva is in from Eretz Yisrael, on tour and supporting their latest release, a live double album entitled "Ten," marking...
B"H Shalom Friends, As the snow storm approaches, I'm heading up to Monsey for a special Carlebach shabbos at the Community Synagogue of Monsey, home of my ...
B'H Shalom Friends, The joyous holiday of Chanukah begins this Friday evening. While we celebrate with the mitzvah of lighting candles, eating special foods,...
B'H Shalom friends, Next Shabbos is the holiday of Tu B'Shvat- the 15th of the Jewish month of Shevat. The Talmud(Rosh Hashanah) tells us that the 15th of ...
B'H Dear Friends, Mazal Tov! Mazal Tov! It's a boy! With much gratitude to the Almighty, my wife Na'ama and I announce the birth of our son! He was born this...
B'H Shalom Friends, In celebration of Purim, enjoy these great music events! Tonight, Thursday, March 4th, @ 8pm Neshama Carlebach and her band get crazy in...
B'H Shalom Friends, This Monday evening begins the holiday of Pesach where we remember the back-breaking labor our anscestors were forced to do while enslaved...
B'H Shalom Friends, This Monday is Yom HaAtzmaut- Israel Independence Day. There are many musical celebrations commemorating the establishment of the State of...
B'H Shalom Friends, This Sunday is Lag Ba'Omer (literally the 33rd day of the Omer), it commemorates the day that the students of R. Akiva stopped dying and is...
B'H Dear Friends, It is with gratitude to Hashem that I announce the release of my debut cd, "Achas Shoalti- One Thing I ask," a project that I have been...
Dear Friends, Hello from Yerushalayim!!! My year of learning in the Holy Land is almost over, and I'll be coming back for the summer, but then next year I...
Shalom Friends, There are so many great Jewish music events this summer! Don't miss the kick off Central Park Summer Kumzits, Sunday, June 27th. Reb Gili...
Dear Friends, I'm back in NY after a great year of learning in Jerusalem, and after the summer I'm going back again for another year. While I'm here, I'll be...
B"H Shalom Friends, This Tuesday, July 6th is the 17th of Tammuz. It is a day of fasting and mourning that commemorates five national tragedies: the breaking ...
Shalom Friends, This Shabbos is Shabbos Nachamu, literally the Shabbos of comfort. The name comes from the beginning of the haftorah that is read. The ...
Dear Friends, I've been traveling all over the US this summer, but now I'm heading back to Israel for another year of learning. I hope you'll join me in...
Shalom Friends! There are a ton of great Jewish music events (indoors and outdoors) to help you ring in the new year. Besides for events celebrating the new...
Shalom Friends, This coming Sunday, the 16th of Mar Cheshvan, commemorates the 10th yahrtzeit of Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach z'l. Reb Shlomo's music and message...
