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Niggun Seminar with Hebrew College, hosted by Jackson Mercer and Shani Rosenbaum
Join us each week as we dive deep into a single melody, do some learning about its origins and/or the text that goes along with it, and connect from a distance through song.
Seminar 1: Reb Dovid Karliner's Niggun (with Noam Lerman)
Seminar 2: Eli Ata (with Miriam-Simma Walfish)
Seminar 3: HaYadata Et HaDerech (with Jacqueline Rafii)
Seminar 4: Rav Moshe Lev of Sosov (with Nehemia Polen)
Seminar 5: Szol a Kakas Mar (with Jessica Kate Meyer)
Seminar 6: Yedid Nefesh (with Jacob Snyderman Chatinover)
Seminar 7: "Greet the Bride" (with Deborah Sacks Mintz)
Seminar 8: “Hesped for the Eastern Hemlocks” (with Shoshana Meira Friedman)
Seminar 9: Ayeh Mekom Kevodo - Niggun for Bearing Grief (with Shani Rosenbaum)
Seminar 10: Ana Zehkor (with Ebn Leader)
Seminar 11: Ven Der Kloger Ruft (with Noam Lerman)
Shani Rosenbaum grew up in Worcester, MA and Seattle, WA. She first experienced a "niggun seminar" in a dimly-lit basement beit midrash at Brandeis University, where she also earned her BA Near Eastern and Judaic Studies in 2012. Following a year as a Dorot Fellow in Israel, she served at several Jerusalem-based non-profits, first at Encounter cultivating constructive engagement with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; and then at OLAM, promoting Jewish involvement in global service and international development. While at OLAM, she produced and hosted the Global Torah podcast. Shani has studied at Midreshet Lindenbaum, Matan, Beit Midrash Har'el, and in the Pardes Kollel, and teaches Talmud and Rabbinic Thought through Hebrew College's Open Circle. She currently serves as rabbinic intern at Temple Israel in Sharon and is pursuing rabbinic ordination at Hebrew College.
Jackson Mercer is an Ordination Candidate at the Rabbinical School of Hebrew College in Newton, MA. He grew up at Congregation Rodef Sholom in San Rafael, CA where he cultivated a love of Judaism, emboldened with music, spirituality and justice. He served as Rosh Shira/Rosh Tefillah at URJ Camp Newman in Santa Rosa, CA for several years. Recently he was the Musical Director at Asiyah Jewish Community in Boston and is the "Head Shadchan" at Unorthodox Celebrations. His two newest adventures: intentional Judaica called Hiddur Mitzvah, partnering with Binah Designs to create innovative, tangible aspects of ritual and beginning work on an album of original Jewish music, "Notnim B'ahavah Reshut," set for release in Fall 2020.