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Federation Star January 2014
Temple Beth El Presents
World Renowned Rabbi and Best Selling Author
H a r ol d Kushner Knowing Your Life has Made a Difference
January 12, 2014 January 7:30 p.m.12, 2014 7:30 p.m. Temple Beth El
Temple Beth El
Lecture $35 LectureTickets Tickets: $35 in advance, $40 at the door Having spent thirty years as a rabbi serving a congregation, Harold Kushner knows how to bring the Scriptures alive in many fresh ways. His emphasis on God’s forgiveness leads to an emphasis on the acceptance of our own and others’ flaws. Kushner also demonstrates a knack for guiding us through suffering and loss with advice that is wise and reassuring. This best-selling author suggests that we see ourselves as supporting actors in other people’s movies - not being in the spotlight, but doing things that shape and drive the plot forward. •
Named among“50 people who have made the world a better place in 50 years”
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Author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People, “one of the 10 most influential books of recent years”
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Selected as national Clergyman of the Year
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Received six honorary doctorates
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Medal recipient for “contribution to the exaltation of the human spirit”
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Books translated into 14 languages
Join Rabbi Kushner for a Special, pre-Lecture Dinner January 12 at 5:00 p.m.
Pre Lecture Dinner at Crown Colony Golf & Country Club, Fort Myers
Dinner Tickets $125 • Seating is limited Purchase tickets by calling 239.433.0018 x 101 or purchase online at TempleBethEl.com. PReSenteD By
Temple Beth El
16225 Winkler Road Fort Myers, FL 33908
JEWISH HAPPENINGS
Featured Cantors at From Bimah to Broadway By Cantor Donna Azu
W
ith a little help from my friends, From Bimah to Broadway, presented at Temple Shalom on Sunday, February 23 at 7:00 p.m., promises to be a joyous concert featuring a unique blend of musical styles including liturgical, classical and popular songs from around the world. That evening you will be treated to gorgeous and sometimes humorous renditions from Broadway to Israeli songs, from secular to religious music, from Jewish to not so Jewish, presented by the some of the best Cantorial voices from around the country! In addition to myself, performers include Cantors Carrie Barry, Aaron Kaplan, Daniel Mutlu and Star Trompeter. Here’s a little information about each one: Cantor Carrie Barry had the distinction of being a National Merit Scholar and attended Vassar College where she received her Bachelor of Arts in Religion with both General and Departmental Honors. Upon graduation, Cantor Barry entered our Reform Movement’s seminary, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Debbie Friedman School of Sacred Music, in New York City. She spent her first year of study at the College-Institute campus in Jerusalem and during the remaining four years of Cantorial training, she spent a portion of her time serving congregations in New Jersey and Illinois as a student cantor. Cantor Barry is currently serving as Cantor at Temple Beth Torah in Wellington, Florida. Cantor Aaron Kaplan began his Cantorial studies at Hebrew Union College School of Sacred Music in 2004 where he was honored to be the recipient of the Congregation EmanuEl of the City of New York Scholarship Award for his entire Cantorial education at HUC. He has received many other awards, including the Jacob and Malvina Lutwak Cantorial Memorial Prize and The Women of Reform Judaism Cantorial Prize. He has sung in concerts in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and in various venues in America. He has performed as a chorister alongside Cantor Yitzhak Meir Helfgott and the New York Philharmonic at the Metropolitan Opera House.
Cantor Daniel Mutlu received a Bachelor’s Degree in Vocal Performance from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. He also earned a Masters in Sacred Music from the Hebrew Union CollegeJewish Institute of Religion in New York City and was ordained as a cantor in 2008. Cantor Mutlu has sung with the Park East Synagogue choir under the direction of Azi Schwartz, Mordechai Sobol and Matthew Lazar, both at Sabbath services and concerts at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, Avery Fisher Hall and the Metropolitan Opera House. He may be heard on the Naxos 8-disc set of The Complete Haydn Masses. He is featured in the recording as a tenor soloist with the Trinity Choir and Rebel Baroque Orchestra. Most recently, Cantor Mutlu was a featured soloist and chorister on the Grammy-nominated album, Israel in Egypt, with the Trinity Choir conducted by Julian Wachner. In 2011, he was called to serve Congregation Beth Israel in Houston, Texas. In Houston, Daniel has sung as a soloist with the Houston Symphony, the Houston Bach Society, the Houston Chamber Choir and Ars Lyrica. Cantor Star Trompeter is the Cantor of Temple Beth El of Northern Westchester, in Chappaqua, New York. A native of Roanoke, Virginia, Cantor Trompeter attended the University of Virginia, receiving a BA in Music and French language and literature. A classically trained singer, she earned a Master of Music degree with a concentration in Opera from the New England Conservatory in Boston. While there, she performed in operas both at the Conservatory and at Harvard University. Before attending Hebrew Union College, Cantor Trompeter lived and worked in San Francisco, where she sang with a Gilbert and Sullivan Troupe in the Bay Area and interned at Congregation Emanu-El of San Francisco. Cantor Trompeter was ordained from the Hebrew Union College, School of Sacred Music, in 2010. I hope you’ll join me and these fine Cantor’s on Sunday, February 23 at 7:00 p.m. at Temple Shalom. See the full-page ad on page 5B.
Israeli and International Folk Dancing on Thursdays Where: When: Why: Teacher:
Fleischmann Community Center, 1900 Fleischmann Road, Naples, opposite Coastland Center Mall Thursday mornings from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. Exercise, relaxation, socializing, learning, good health and fun Richard Eddy, member International Dance Council (CIDUNESCO) and Florida Folk Dance Council Cost: Only $5 per session Questions: Richard Eddy at 703.303.4719; Fleischman Community Center at 239.213.3020 Come join our beginners group for dancing to classic music featuring both traditional and new Israeli and international folk dances. Richard has been dancing for about 14 years in Europe and the U.S. He has studied under many international teachers and choreographers, including Meir Shem-Tov, Rafi Ziv, Matti Goldschmidt, Mona Goldstein, Israel Shiker, Roberto Bagnoli, Paola Pagliani, Lucrezia LoBianca and Andi Kapplin.