Dear JCOGS family,
Sometimes in your life, you experience a piece of art or music or a film that inspires you so much, you better understand the expression “more than the sum of its parts”. Form meets function and the message of the piece comes vibrantly alive.
At least for those young at ❤️, Anna Sobel’s Animal Torah is one of those pieces of art—an album of stories for each
parashah from the book of Genesis, as told through the perspective of animals who were there. I can’t help but shamelessly admit that when we play the CD in the car, I end up listening just as intently as our kids. Anna’s combination of voices, music, and charisma shines through as she retells stories in modern
midrashic form, like the rabbinic stories of yore. Now, Animal Torah 2 with its retelling of Exodus launches just in time for Passover.
This Saturday and Sunday, our JCOGS Olam Chesed Education Center is bringing Anna IN PERSON to celebrate the launch of Animal Torah 2 with some clever puppeted storytelling. Both at 10am, on
Saturday at JCOGS and
Sunday at the Montpelier Rec Field, come join Anna, Beth, and myself for Passover Palooza.
Every family who comes gets a FREE copy of the album. Here’s a
teaser to listen to. For the young and young at heart…
Tihiyu bri’im, be well. Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi David
PS It’s still not too late to sign up for the
annual 2nd night Seder at JCOGS… but please do so soon!
