Contemporary Lecha Dodi
Listen to a contemporary setting of Lecha Dodi.
Type: Music
Art and Music
Contemporary Shalom Aleykhem
New interpretation of traditional text sung to welcome the Sabbath.
Type: Music
A Version of Israel's Secular Shabbat -- Via a Song
A Shabbat song that is secular? By studying Tirtzah Atar's "Shabbat Baboker" students of all ages learn about the experience of Shabbat by non-Orthodox Israelis with the help of a popular Israeli children's song.
Topics: Art and Music, Israel: Culture
Type: Lesson Plan
She Said "No"
Lyrics and MP3 of a Purim song about Vashti's famous rebellion and Esther's advocacy on behalf of the Jewish people.
Type: Music
Kiddush for Passover
Recording of the kiddush sanctification prayer said at the beginning of major holiday.
Type: Music
Yonatan Gefen's "How Is A Song Born?"
Learn what Israeli singer/songwriter Yonatan Gefen has to say about what it is like to write a song. In a wonderful meditation on creativity, Gefen attempts to describe what songwriting feels like. Artists, no matter what age, will relate. Hebrew lyrics, translation, and questions for discussion included.
Topics: Jewish Life, Art and Music
Type: Lesson Plan
Lecha Dodi
Sheet music for a new setting of Lecha Dodi includes vocal line and guitar chords.
Type: Music
Two Reconstructionist Artists Rediscovered
Lionel S. Reiss: In the Footsteps of the Wandering Jew / Moshe Nathanson: The Reconstructionist Who Wrote "Hava Nagila"
Type: RT Article
The "JRF Liturgy Project" Finds Its Voice
Phyllis Angel Greenberg chronicles Rabbi Elizabeth Bolton's journey through Reconstructionist Judaism and her emphasis on music as "the medium through which we convey the liturgy."
Topics: Education, Reconstructionism Today, Teaching Liturgy, Art and Music, Reconstructionist Judaism
Type: RT Article
Art Projects Using Recycled Materials
Here are directions for making fabric lunch boxes and flowerpots out of used materials you can find around the house. This is a great Tu B'Shevat activity!
Type: Class Activity