Weddings are back Cantor Heller, August 2, 2021June 14, 2022 Yesterday 1st of Aug 2021, finally Lisa and Gary had their chuppah planned before the pandemic and postponed twice, it was a memorable occasion, they hired our Sanctuary, beautifully designed for this type of ceremony, professional quartet, and organ in the loft, music as in our repertoire, this a little taste of the seventh blessing of Sheva Brachot: Related Hazzanut Belsize Square SynagogueCantorialHazzanut
Hazzanut Come and Sing: Lewandowski’s Psalm 92 July 31, 2026 Last week I wrote about one of our Lewandowski masterpieces, Tavo Lefanecha, and the High Holidays approaching. Today I want to invite you to something simpler and equally beautiful: our Friday night services, where another jewel from Lewandowski’s pen is part of it. Psalm 92 is part of Kabbalat Shabbat, the… Read More
Hazzanut At West London Synagogue December 13, 2022January 16, 2023 As a guest of the Zemel Choir in support of World Jewish Relief in their aid to the crisis in Ukraine, I sung and prayed asking for peace and for the souls of the departed in this cruel war. Here is a little slide show of this beautiful Synagogue and… Read More
Hazzanut Lewandowski and the Case for Communal Singing August 4, 2026 In the nineteenth century, synagogues across Europe faced a contentious question: should an organ be part of the liturgy? For many, the answer was no. The organ seemed to belong to the Christian church, not to Jewish worship. It was seen as a symbol of assimilation, a departure from tradition…. Read More