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Author: Daniel Brenner

Nublu Classic, Brooklyn Bowl, Roulette, and The Cutting Room! – Because Jewish – High Holidays 2018

Nublu Classic, Brooklyn Bowl, Roulette, and The Cutting Room! – Because Jewish – High Holidays 2018

Eight years ago, the first time that I heard Jeremiah Lockwood’s band Sway Machinery play at Brooklyn Bowl, I listened to two galaxies of sound merge together in my mind for the first time. Lockwood, the grandson of a well-known cantor (Jacob Konigberg), grew up in Manhattan steeped in the traditions of Ashkenazi religious music. As a young musician he fell in love with American roots music and finger-picking guitar styles and studied under the legendary blues artist Carolina Slim…

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A Poem for Purim 2018

A Poem for Purim 2018

Break out the make-up and silicon and send a brave El Salvadoran refugee woman To Mar a Lago (Ha-Birah) And declare a fast day And in the penthouse He will extend his scepter And she will touch his scepter For the sake of her people. (For the sake of her people. I know, disgusting. But that is the story.) And when the lawyer hands her the $120,000 check She will tear it up into 120,000 little pieces And she’ll negotiate…

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On Wisconsin

On Wisconsin

From the summer issue of On Wisconsin Magazine! Crazy for Klezmer By Wendy Krause Hathaway PHOTO: RONEN TIVONY It took Rabbi Daniel Brenner ’92 until now to realize that he just wants to dance. Brenner has spent two decades finding innovative ways to connect young Jewish people with their faith. Newsweek named him one of America’s most influential rabbis for his work at the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, Auburn Theological Seminary, and Birthright Israel Foundation. He currently develops educational programs and trains…

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Music Review: Cory Henry “NaaNaaNaa”

Music Review: Cory Henry “NaaNaaNaa”

Growing up in the Carolinas, I was lucky to hear plenty of Black gospel sounds. There were songs played at family picnics in the park near my house (Freedom Park in Charlotte, North Carolina), church organ grooves on Sunday morning on WPEG FM 98, and the occasional opportunity to go with my family to visit a Black church for an event or concert. I always wanted to sing along. Driving around town with my daughter this evening, this tune came…

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