Purim Eve On (and Off) Broadway!

Rabbi Jan Uhrbach headshot
| Purim By :  Jan Uhrbach Director of the Block / Kolker Center for Spiritual Arts Posted On Mar 16, 2022 / 5782 | Holidays

Watch the parody songs:

View the whole service:

For Ma’ariv (Evening Service) and Megillat Esther (Book of Esther), we will be using the Rabbinical Assembly’s newly published volume featuring a new translation of Esther by Dr. Pamela Barmash, an alumna of 91’s Rabbinical School, and the translation of the evening service from Siddur Lev Shalem.

Watch , which explores the intricacies of translating the Book of Esther and some of the unusual features of the original Hebrew.

WHO’S WHO:

Ma’ariv will be led by Rabbi Jan Uhrbach, with cameos by fourth-year cantorial student Ingrid Barnett.
Megillat Esther will be chanted by second-year cantorial student Gedalia Penner-Robinson.
Special thank you to rabbinical student Aiden Pink for operating the Megillat Esther slides.

MEET OUR PURIM SHPIELERS:

• Jonathon Adler is a third-year rabbinical student.
• Ingrid Barnett is a fourth-year cantorial student.
• Anina Dassa is a second-year rabbinical student.
• Aden Fischer-Brown (piano) is the executive assistant/
program director of the Division of Religious Leadership.
• Talia Kaplan is a third-year rabbinical student.
• Marc Luban is a List College freshman.
• Justin Pellis is a first-year cantorial student.

• Rabbi Gordon Tucker (ordained at 91) is Vice Chancellor for Religious Life and Engagement.
• Rabbi Jan Uhrbach (ordained at 91) is the Acting Pearl
Resnick Dean of the 91 Rabbinical School, director of
the Block/Kolker Center for Spiritual Arts, and founding
rabbi of the Conservative Synagogue of the Hamptons in
Bridgehampton, New York.

WHO’S BEHIND THE SCENES:

• Lyrics by Rabbi Jan Uhrbach and Aiden Pink.
• Videos directed, edited, and produced by
Aden Fischer-Brown and Rabbi Jan Uhrbach.
• Videography by Christopher Hickey.
• A/V Design by Christropher Hickey, Larry Cameola,
and Aden Fischer-Brown.

• Translation of Megillat Esther, by Rabbi Pamela Barmash, © The Rabbinical Assembly.
• Translation of Ma’ariv from Siddur Lev Shalem,
© The Rabbinical Assembly. Both used with their gracious permission.