Friday, February 17, 2023

Welcoming Shabbat with Shalom Aleichem by Cantor Menachem Mirski of Temple Menorah in Redondo Beach, California

Today we welcome another Shabbat with a rendition of Shalom Aleichem by Cantor Menachem Mirski of Temple Menorah in Redondo Beach, California.

Cantor Mirski was born and grew up in Przemyśl, Poland. Music, spirituality and philosophy are three of his passions, to which he has been devoted throughout his entire life. He received a master's degree in philosophy in 2005 at the Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin, Poland. 

Soon after, in 2006, he founded his first klezmer band, Klezmaholics, with whom he recorded two CDs and toured Sweden, Ukraine, Romania and his home country, Poland. The tour included concerts at the Jewish Culture Festival in Kraków in 2017 and 2018, together with American Yiddish singer Cindy Paley. 

During his rabbinic program cantor Mirski has worked for several Reform and Conservative communities in the Los Angeles area: Temple Adat Elohim in Thousand Oaks, Temple Mishkon Tephilo in Venice, Adat Shalom (Los Angeles), and Temple Beth Israel in Pomona, as a cantor, b'nai mitzvah tutor and Torah reader. He has also worked as a rabbinic intern at Masorti Olami, leading religious services as well as teaching weekly on-line Torah class for Warsaw's Jewish community.

Enjoy, and Shabbat shalom!

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1 comment:

  1. Can you give the name of the person who composed this medley and give chords. Much appreciated: lebowitzcynthia@gmail.com I had written it was Boxer but cannot find it

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