Is Music Kosher? (Part 5): Name that Tune - Some Surprising Sources of Our Synagogue Songs

There are tunes that are used week in and week out in shul. And yet, few of us know who composed them or when they were written. In this final bonus class, we will wrap up any loose ends from our prior sessions and explore the origins of some of our most popular synagogue tunes. There will be at least a few surprises.

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Is Music Kosher? (Part 5) Sources (PDF)

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Yosef Lindell

Yosef Lindell is a lawyer, writer, and lecturer living in Silver Spring, Maryland, with his wife and two sons. He has an MA in Jewish history from Yeshiva University’s Bernard Revel Graduate School and a JD from NYU School of Law. For four years, he was an editor of the Lehrhaus, an online forum for Jewish thought, and now serves on its consulting editorial board.Yosef’s writing spans several genres, including science fiction, but he primarily focuses on Jewish history and

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