Dear friends, The Seventeenth of the Hebrew month of Tamuz, falling out this year on Thursday 6/27, begins Three Weeks of national mourning, during which we...
Dear friends, Tonight, Friday 6/14 at 7pm, if you're in Flatbush for Shabbos, check out the special Carlebach minyan with lots of singing at Young Israel ave I...
Dear friends, This Sunday you're invited to join me for a kumsitz in Central Park. Over the years I've been organizing these informal music jams that have...
Dear friends, Thank you all for the kind wishes on my recent marriage. I'm sorry that I haven't had time to respond individually to all the wonderful emails...
Dear friends, This being the weekend before our wedding (which will be G-d willing Thursday 3/14) my fiancee, Chaya Lung, is having a female- only Shabbat...
Dear friends, Tonight, Friday 3/1 is my uhfruf, a celebratory weekend before a wedding. I'm going to be leading the davening with lots of singing (Mincha...
Dear friends, I just spent a beautiful Shabbos at Brown University in Providence. Sorry I didn't have enough time to get this out before Shabbos since I got...
Dear friends, I'm at the Isralight spiritual retreat in Orlando and it's incredible how 100 Jews of all different religious backgrounds come together to get...
Dear friends, As I am preparing for next week's Isralight Spiritual Retreat in Orlando, Florida, I'm trying to see how many musical instruments I can fit into...
Dear friends, I want to express hakaras hatov -- heartfelt appreciation -- to all the subscribers on this list, as of last week over 2,000 and still growing....
Dear friends, Tonight Friday 1/18 wherever you are start off your Shabbos with song. If you happen to be on the East Side, join me at 6:30 PM as I lead the...
Dear friends, Tonight, Thursday 1/10 at 7:30PM a musical gathering for Jewish women of all backgrounds. With spiritual insights from Chana Bracha Siegelbaum,...
Dear friends, After all the incredible music events over Chanuka, people needed a week or two to recover, so that's why I didn't send out an email last week....
Dear friends, I hope you are having an inspiring Pesach. Tonight is the fourth day of the Omer, and we are entering into the annual mourning period during...
Dear friends, I hope you're getting all psyched up for Chanukah and all the great Jewish music events that will be happening all over the city. It's only two...
Dear friends, I am pleased to introduce a new class that I will be teaching Monday nights at 7:30 PM upstairs at Congregation Ohab Zedek, 118 W95 St. We will...
Dear friends, I'm off in the middle of nowhere, near a small town called Hope, New Jersey, way out near the Pennsylvania border, for an Isralight Retreat....
Dear Friends, Tomorrow night, Saturday, October 27, 8:30 PM Oneg Shames is playing a Kumsitz Melava Malka at the Monmouth Torah Links Judaic Center, 415 Rt 9...
Dear Friends, Before I continue with this week's Jewish music listings, I want to thank all those who have sent me email regarding the list. Knowing that...
Dear Friends, Sorry I have not had access to email due to the events of the past week. I was otherwise not personally affected, nor was anyone close to me,...
Dear Friends, I just got back from an incredible summer in Israel, learning Torah, seeking spirituality, and making important decisions: upon my return I...
Dear Friends, I just finished playing my last concert in Israel, the weekly havdallah kumsitz on Ben Yehuda St in the center of Jerusalem. Tomorrow I'm getting...
Dear Friends, Among the many great things about being in Israel is that every time I plan a kumsitz here I am guaranteed great weather: the days in Jerusalem...
Dear Friends, I'm writing this from the Holy City of Tzfat, where for the past three days I participated in the annual Jewish Music Festival. It is absolutely...
This weekend is called Shabbos Nachamu, which means consolation, from the prophet Isaiah whose words we read in the haftorah this Shabbos, a very timely...
Dear Friends, This Sunday July 29 is the saddest day of the Jewish calendar: the fast of the Ninth of Av, which begins at sundown on Saturday and continues for...
Dear Friends, I did my best to organize a kumsitz in Central Park but I heard it got rained out last Sunday. That's why you all have to come to Israel -- it...
Dear Friends, I am in Jerusalem learning for the summer at an incredible program called Isralight. I'll be coming back at the end of August in time for their...
