Take a musical “nature walk” of ecological Jewish texts & liturgy, from poetry & psalms to blessings, prayers, & hymns — in musical styles ranging from cantorial to Hasidic, from Classical to New Age, & from Ladino & Yiddish to American & Israeli folk song. Songs of Creation, songs of praise & thanksgiving — and songs about trees!
Robert Cohen has spoken numerous times at the library and has taught at the New School and the 92 Street Y, the Jewish Theological Seminary and the Cantors Assembly, Hebrew College in Boston, and Boston College’s Center for Christian-Jewish Learning – and he spoke for many years under the New York Council for the Humanities Speakers in the Humanities and Speakers in the school’s programs. He produced and hosted over 100 radio programs in New York on Jewish culture and identity, and wrote the NPR documentary (narrated by Theodore Bikel).
This musical lecture is at the Great Neck Library, 159 Bayview Ave., on Thursday, April 27 at 2:00 p.m. Registration is required and can be completed online, in person, or via phone. Non-residents are welcome as walk-ins, as space allows. For more information, please contact Great Neck Library at (516) 466-8055 or email adultprogramming@greatnecklibrary.org.
