Skip to main page content

Exploring Sources for Contemporary Liturgical Creativity within Jewish Tradition

My Session Status

What:
Workshop
When:
2:00 PM, Tuesday 2 Apr 2019 (1 hour 15 minutes)
Breaks:
Hafsakah    03:15 PM to 03:45 PM (30 minutes)
Where:
HUC-JIR - Herrman Learning Center: Classroom 4
The future of Reform "Innovation" is guaranteed. What must be intentionally cultivated by American rabbis, cantors, educators, and lay leaders, however, is the "anchor in tradition." This session seeks to share and explore sources for contemporary liturgical creativity within Jewish tradition, by examining selected piyutim  (liturgical poetry and hymns), prayers from the old rite of the land of Israel in fragmentary prayerbooks from Cairo Genizah, and melodies from other Jewish communities around the world, as well as examples of their use and adaption in contemporary worship. When drawn upon sensitively and selectively, these kinds of materials can enrich our Jewish liturgical experiences and provide variety and models for our own liturgical, ritual, and musical creativity. 

My Session Status

Send Feedback

Session detail
Allows attendees to send short textual feedback to the organizer for a session. This is only sent to the organizer and not the speakers.
When enabled, you can choose to display attendee lists for individual sessions. Only attendees who have chosen to share their profile will be listed.
Enable to display the attendee list on this session's detail page. This change applies only to this session.

Changes here will affect all session detail pages unless otherwise noted