[HANASHIR:2812] Re: Cantor Jack Chomsky on Line - F.Y.I.

[Judy Git <hillel...>]

One question:  Ten P.M. in which time zone?

Judy

QuelliPG (at) aol(dot)com wrote:

> Dear friends,  I thought I'd pass this bit of information along ...FYI.  (And
> by the way, Cantor Chomsky will be conducting the Cantor's Chorus at CAJE in
> Columbus this summer!)
>
> Cantor Jack Chomsky will be hosting a chat on Microsoft's Jewish community
> online this Tuesday, April 27, beginning at 10 p.m.
>
> If you'd like to join him, enter through http://communities.msn.com/jewish
>
> Here's info (from that site) re the chat and Jack. . .
>
> Special Chat with Cantor Jack Chomsky
> The Musical Language of Prayer:
> does G-d care about nusach?
>
> April 27, Tuesday, 10 pm Eastern Time
>
> How does music enhance our prayers? What type of music is most appropriate
> and why? Does G-d care which music we chose? Please join Cantor Jack Chomsky
> to chat about "The Musical Language of Prayer" on April 27, Tuesday, at 7 pm
> Pacific Time (10 PM Eastern Time) in the #Jewish Chat Room.
>
> Cantor Jack Chomsky has served at Congregation Tifereth Israel of Columbus,
> Ohio since 1982. He is a graduate of Brown University and the Cantors
> Institute of the Jewish Theological Seminary. A baritone, he is known for his
> song interpretations in many languages. He has been involved in every facet
> of Jewish music-making throughout the Columbus Jewish community and has
> helped plan and implement many community musical and cultural events. He is
> co-founder and director of KOLEINU, the Jewish Community Chorus of Columbus.
> Cantor Chomsky is also involved in other communal activities, coordinates the
> Social Action programming of the Congregation and has been an active member
> of BREAD (Building Responsibility, Equality and Dignity), a local community
> action organization. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of Jewish
> Family Services in Columbus.
>
> Cantor Chomsky served as Editor of the Journal of Synagogue Music, the
> semi-annual national publication of the Cantors Assembly, from 1988 until
> 1994. He has also been a member of the Assembly's Executive Council and is a
> respected leader in the organization. He was an early and active proponent of
> accepting women into the Cantors Assembly. (Women were accepted in the
> Cantors Assembly for the first time in 1990.) He is currently editing a
> special commemorative journal for the 50th Anniversary Convention of the
> Cantors Assembly, to be held in New York City in June 1998.
>
> Cantor Chomsky served on the Music Advisory Panel of the Ohio Arts Council
> from 1989 to 1992, and chaired the Panel in 1991-92. He currently serves on a
> task force for the implementation of the Governor's Cultural Agreement with
> the State of Israel. He has been active in the commissioning and premiering
> of several musical works and has presented many concerts of Jewish music in
> Columbus, both as performer and producer. He has chaired two community-wide
> concerts featuring the music of many religious traditions, including Jewish,
> Christian, Hindu, Sikh, Baha'i and Moslem. The concerts featured choirs of
> over 150 singers.
>
> He is married to Susan Gellman, a partner in the Columbus law firm Wolman,
> Genshaft & Gellman and constitutional scholar, and they are the parents of
> Benjamin and Addie.
>



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