Rabbi Marc’s A Dash of Drash – Torah and the Blues is Episode 87 – B’Shalach

Torah and the Blues with Special Guest Joey Weisenberg is Episode 87 of A Dash of Drash.

Joey Weisenberg is one of the most inspiring voices in the contemporary Jewish music world; he is the director of the Rising Song Institute, which has grown out of his work with Hadar. Joey is also the author of The Torah of Music, as well as many melodies and songs. In the week of Shabbat Shirah, the Shabbat of Song, I had the honor to talk and sing with Joey at the Ohalah Conference in Colorado. Please join us for this amazing conversation about the blues, Jewish music, singing as spiritual practice and so much more. As the Israelites cross over the sea on their journey to freedom, they sing the Song of the Sea (Exodus 15), and this act of singing emerges, potentially spontaneously, as a joyful expression of liberation. Music is at the heart of Jewish life and Joey helps keep that heart pumping!

Listen here on Soundcloud or on itunes here.
Thanks for listening with a generous heart and sharing with others!

About Rabbi Marc Soloway

Marc is a native of London, England where he was an actor and practitioner of complimentary medicine before training as a rabbi in London, Jerusalem and Los Angeles. He was ordained at the Ziegler School of Rabbinical Studies at the American Jewish University in 2004 and has been the the spiritual leader at Bonai Shalom in Boulder ever since. Marc was a close student of Rabbi Zalman Schechter Shalomi and received an additional smicha (rabbinic ordination) from him in 2014, just two months before he died. He has been the host and narrator of two documentary films shown on PBS; A Fire in the Forest: In Search of the Baal Shem Tov and Treasure under the Bridge: Pilgrimage to the Hasidic Masters of Ukraine. Marc is a graduate of the Institute of Jewish Spirituality, a fellow of Rabbis Without Borders, has traveled to Ghana in a rabbinic delegation with American Jewish World Service and co-chair of the Rabbinical Council and national board member of Hazon, which strives to create more sustainable Jewish communities. In 2015, Marc was among a group of 12 faith leaders honored at The White House as “Champions of Change” for work on the climate. Marc is a proud member of Beit Izim, Boulder’s Jewish goat milking co-op.

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