Frank Stella: Chad Gadya Exhibition Opening Reception at The Heller Museum; September 7, 2023.

Performing the music of Chad Gadya accompanied by Joyce Rosenzweig, Professor of Practice in Jewish Music and Performance, DFSSM.

In July 2023, the Cincinnati Skirball Museum invited me to give a musical lecture on the beloved Passover piece Chad Gadya.

Ageless International Film Festival screening of Last Flight Home (2022) at the Royal Cinema in Toronto.

Took part in a panel discussion on the subject of medically assisted death, with representatives from different faiths and communities, and the filmmaker Ondi Timoner. Moderated by Johanna Schneller, entertainment journalist and the co-author of the 2022 book “The Last Doctor”.

So grateful to everyone who made my Master’s Recital possible, and to all those who came out to watch, or tuned in on the live stream. If you didn’t get the chance to watch my program on seder songs from around the world and want to, just click the link below.

A journey through the Great White Way at our 2023 Cantors Concert: From Broadway to Second Avenue. It was a wonderful afternoon of Broadway music featuring:

Cantor Todd Kipnis, Senior Cantor

Cantor Jenna Mark Plesent, Cantor at Woodlands Community Temple

Cantor David Katz, Cantor of Temple Or Elohim in Jericho, NY

Allison Sniffin, accompanist

Ageless: A film festival on the older person in front of and behind the camera for all ages.

Screening of HALLELUJAH: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song — a definitive exploration of singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen as seen through the prism of his internationally renowned hymn, “Hallelujah.”

Discussion following this screening featuring panelists: The Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson, Cantor Gideon Zelermyer, and Ella Gladstone Martin, moderated by world class musician Andrew Burashko.

I got to perform the long overdue unveiling ceremony of brothers Alfie and Louis in this important documentary by award-winning filmmaker Barri Cohen, in which she uncovers the truth about Alfie and Louis, her two long-dead half-brothers. They were institutionalized in the 1950s, with one brother unceremoniously buried in secret in an unmarked grave as a small child. Their lives were cut short, but their story stands as a microcosm of the immense tragedy of the western world’s 20th-century disastrous treatment of intellectually disabled children and youth.

Hybrid session

Matriarchs Ruth, Miriam, and Devorah all have iconic pieces of music written about them. But what about Judith? Let’s discuss her story and together we will write our own Chanukah song in honor of this courageous heroine.

I was delighted to present my class on Broadway and the Jews at City Shul in Toronto.

A virtual sermon-in-song on the connection between jazz and Jewish music.

I always enjoy singing with the band Freilach Klezmer. We mounted two porch-side concerts for friends, neighbours, and passersby during the pandemic.