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Category: Cantor Juval Porat: Columns

Cantor Juval Porat: Columns

On Journeys and Destinations (and Shavuot and Pride)

Posted on May 2, 2019May 2, 2019
Cantor Juval Porat

The festival of Shavuot has no designated date in the Torah. In Deuteronomy, the festival is to be celebrated not on a set date but…

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Cantor Juval Porat: Columns

Join me in Learning about Nonviolent Communication

Posted on March 3, 2019May 2, 2019
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Cantor Juval Porat “The highest form of intelligence is the ability to observe without evaluating.” — Krishnamurti It isn’t easy being human! Over the course…

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Cantor Juval Porat: Columns

Hope is on my Mind

Posted on December 31, 2018May 2, 2019
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Cantor Juval Porat Hope has been on my mind lately – how one can cultivate hope and look at the goals and challenges ahead with…

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Cantor Juval Porat: Columns

Reaching for Joy Through Music, and Two Special Events for Hanukkah

Posted on November 1, 2018May 2, 2019
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Cantor Juval Porat Among the books on my nightstand is Joey Weisenberg’s “The Torah of Music” – a fascinating and comprehensive collection of curated texts…

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Cantor Juval Porat: Columns

Thoughts on the Liturgy of Elul from Cantor Juval

Posted on August 29, 2018May 2, 2019
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As we prepare for the upcoming High Holidays, here are some thoughts on the liturgy we use during Elul, our month of preparation for those…

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Cantor Juval Porat: Columns

How Are You: A Casual Greeting or a Serious Question?

Posted on July 10, 2018May 2, 2019
Cantor Juval Porat

How are you? Really, how are you doing these days? In so many circumstances throughout our daily lives those questions are directed at us, often…

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Cantor Juval Porat: Columns

A Musical Spring at BCC

Posted on May 2, 2018May 2, 2019
Cantor Juval Porat

“Song is obligatory in the ritual of the sanctuary. ” – Talmud, Tractate Arakin During services and within the life of our community, at festive…

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Cantor Juval Porat: Columns

Cantor Juval is in the “Spotlight” with the American Conference of Cantors

Posted on March 5, 2018March 13, 2018

Our own Cantor Juval Porat is featured in the American Conference of Cantors (ACC) “Spotlight” section with an in-depth interview. Here’s a preview of his…

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Cantor Juval Porat: Columns

Singer/Songwriter Charlie Kramer Joins BCC for Hanukkah Shabbat

Posted on October 31, 2017

Cantor Juval Porat During Simchat Torah, which marked the end of yet another glorious High Holiday season at BCC, we made the minor yet significant…

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Cantor Juval Porat: Columns

Cycles of our Lives, Compressed Into the High Holiday Season

Posted on September 6, 2017May 4, 2019
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Cantor Juval Porat Another Jewish year heads towards its conclusion, and once again we’re given the opportunity to take stock of our lives, to register…

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