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Reaching for the Heavens:
The Music of Composer Gerald Cohen
May 10, 2022 By Gerald Cohen | Public Event video
Download Program Amid the Alien Corn Text Reaching for the Heavens featured the vibrant and compelling music of Gerald Cohen, a leading composer of concert and Jewish music, and a faculty member of the H. L. Miller Cantorial School for nearly 30 years, as well as the Cassatt String Quartet and other renowned performers. The […]
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Playing for Our Lives: Terezin as a Composer’s Inspiration
Apr 8, 2021 By Gerald Cohen | Public Event video
Cantor Gerald Cohen, composer and assistant professor in the H. L. Miller Cantorial School, will speaks about his composition, Playing for Our Lives, written as a tribute to the music and musicians of the Terezin, perform the composition.
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A New Dayeinu
Jan 22, 2016 By Gerald Cohen | Commentary | Beshallah
As we progress through the cycle of Torah readings, we come to associate certain stories with a particular time of year: the creation story in early fall, Joseph and his brothers later in that season, the revolt of Korah in the summer. The story of this week’s Torah reading, however, has a double life in the course of the year: we associate it with the winter when we read the parashah in the cycle, but it also becomes the focus of our spring Pesah celebration in a few months.
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