Purim Eve On (and Off) Broadway!

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| Purim By :  Jan Uhrbach Director of the Block / Kolker Center for Spiritual Arts Posted On Mar 16, 2022 / 5782 | Holidays

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For Ma鈥檃riv (Evening Service) and Megillat Esther (Book of Esther), we will be using the Rabbinical Assembly鈥檚 newly published volume featuring a new translation of Esther by Dr. Pamela Barmash, an alumna of 91快播鈥檚 Rabbinical School, and the translation of the evening service from Siddur Lev Shalem.

Watch , which explores the intricacies of translating the Book of Esther and some of the unusual features of the original Hebrew.

WHO’S WHO:

Ma鈥檃riv will be led by Rabbi Jan Uhrbach, with cameos by fourth-year cantorial student Ingrid Barnett.
Megillat Esther will be chanted by second-year cantorial student Gedalia Penner-Robinson.
Special thank you to rabbinical student Aiden Pink for operating the Megillat Esther slides.

MEET OUR PURIM SHPIELERS:

鈥 Jonathon Adler is a third-year rabbinical student.
鈥 Ingrid Barnett is a fourth-year cantorial student.
鈥 Anina Dassa is a second-year rabbinical student.
鈥 Aden Fischer-Brown (piano) is the executive assistant/
program director of the Division of Religious Leadership.
鈥 Talia Kaplan is a third-year rabbinical student.
鈥 Marc Luban is a List College freshman.
鈥 Justin Pellis is a first-year cantorial student.

鈥 Rabbi Gordon Tucker (ordained at 91快播) is Vice Chancellor for Religious Life and Engagement.
鈥 Rabbi Jan Uhrbach (ordained at 91快播) is the Acting Pearl
Resnick Dean of the 91快播 Rabbinical School, director of
the Block/Kolker Center for Spiritual Arts, and founding
rabbi of the Conservative Synagogue of the Hamptons in
Bridgehampton, New York.

WHO’S BEHIND THE SCENES:

鈥 Lyrics by Rabbi Jan Uhrbach and Aiden Pink.
鈥 Videos directed, edited, and produced by
Aden Fischer-Brown and Rabbi Jan Uhrbach.
鈥 Videography by Christopher Hickey.
鈥 A/V Design by Christropher Hickey, Larry Cameola,
and Aden Fischer-Brown.

鈥 Translation of Megillat Esther, by Rabbi Pamela Barmash, 漏 The Rabbinical Assembly.
鈥 Translation of Ma鈥檃riv from Siddur Lev Shalem,
漏 The Rabbinical Assembly. Both used with their gracious permission.