Cantors Assembly: The Listening Room UK

Guest Presenters: David Prager and Alex Klein Unsung Sung Heroes-Composers for the Great Cantors Who were the mystery geniuses responsible for some of the major cantorial masterpieces sung by the great mid- 20th century hazzanim? We come across the names of Posner, Wohlberg and Bloom but rarely learn the stories that...

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Cantors Assembly: The Listening Room UK

Guest presenters: David Prager and Alex Klein Gershon Sirota and the British Isles The first international super-star Cantor was Gershon Sirota (1874-1943), possessor of a tremendous tenor voice likened to that of Enrico Caruso. Sirota’s dramatic life illuminated the issues of: mass support versus the frowning of communal leaders global...

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JVN Online Workshop: Unconscious Bias

On Wednesday 9th February, 10:00 am – 11:30 am, we are running a bespoke online workshop led by Brenda Lewis from Brenda Lewis Consultancy & Training Ltd. During this interactive session participants will learn about the different types of bias and how unconscious biases can affect our decision making. Brenda Lewis has...

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Jewish Renaissance: ‘Jewish Afghanistan’

Jewish Renaissance magazine will be hosting a fascinating free zoom event on Wednesday 9th February at 7.30pm about Jewish Afghanistan. In their January issue, they have a number of very interesting and in-depth articles about Jewish Afghanistan and at the zoom event, some of those interviewed in the articles will...

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