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tjhiu nx.si-.aoc3.gLy xior 5- i "Is i *. I. !"■ JL JLJLj The Ohio Jewish Chronicle ''Set vingt Columbus and the Central Ohity, ,, 'Jewish Community since 1922, VOLUME 72 'NUMBER 47 NOVEMBER 17,1994 14 KISLEV 5755 Israeli public mood sour despite peace successes ' \* . page 4 ' Newcomer in an old land ' ' '•''** ■ page 4/ Heritage tower celebrates 16th anniversary \ page 6 |;^.-pJws Green Sunday y-m'-^m '.\; \:"; -'\:,;,y page? il JkBpVY THE COVER ,< 7 Cantor Jack Chomsky has taught over 300 Bar Jp'tttKBat Mitzvah students during his 12-year, itcniire at Congregation Tifereth Israel. He is pictured here* with Brian" Herstig, now a graduate student atBrandeisiJniversify. ,•,.*-" ' •', } y •„'< "■", «'" '*•-, ' ". '', • i, '''' ' " - . iiiiii inn ii n , i _ i EARLY DEADLINES Hhe deadline for the OJC issue dated Nov. 24 is noon today, Nov% 17. The-deadlirie for the issue dated Dec. 1 will be noon on Wednesday, Nov. 23. ' The OJC offke wili be closed on Thursday, Nov. 24,' and Friday, Nov. 25, in obseiyance of the Thanksgiving holiday. -BBBraam In The Chronicle ■»■■■ At The JCC ...,,;.... ^.,-.....;.,.19 Calendar...,.., ,............;............ ...... 10- Community ,..,„.....,...,.„...;, 6-13'" i? euer&Tion*.«t «....*.».«.«»^..<..t.*_..«M..«..rf..««.....,t..«.Mv,„ , < ," , - r 1 ' -''-"-/, * JITy XQQX& d\flpQ......*.....^.:.....*..f»..*......a.*..*... A& ; Front Page'....'.,...'.....„...;,;.«*.,./......'AV....."';.-«.*«*2,3 ? * III Jill© I\£Wl>>M»i«*t«MM<|iHMf«fMI>t>'O^MMrM^«><s>|M'^ , * ' , j ' ' ? r #jU-6CyCl|8 #»*M»M»*?«**7<Mt*t**»**»-»*»»M*M'MO»»* *»•>*•■*» *«*f •>■•»**» M>**1 ' *MarJketplu«e..,,,,;..,,.....;,.,,...,,,, „;...%,„;.,;. 1-7 %t J^VW1*V^lj^]r**t[A0H^ J3COIT0Kw*SUr*^»4*i<>«**>*Ws>*M av ' "", *.rJ^WJJ0,Jll.f**>«*ir«»<#*».>»»o^ tv; COMMUNITY FEATURE Cantor begins 'Bar Mitzvah year' at Tifereth Israel By Earl Yaillen Cantor Jack Chomsky, who has taught over 300 Bar and Bat Mitzvah students during his 12 years at Congregation Tifereth Israel, will be honored by the Sisterhood Torah Fund as he begins his Bar Mitzvah year with the synagogue. The program will take place at Tifereth Israel on Sunday, Nov.20. Instrumental in bringing a ■number of unique musical programs to Columbus, Cantor Chomsky showed an inters .est in music at a young age, learning to play the accordian andlhen the piano. He learned to chant the Haftorah trope from Hilda Bloch, the wife of Rabbi Asher Bloch of the small Conservative synagogue in Little Neck on Long Island to which his family belonged. By thetime he graduated from high school, he had learned five Haftorot in addition to his own and had developed a -warm relationship -with the synagogue's cantor, Leo Roit- man. Among a small group of students from his high school accepted to Brown University, he was active in the University Chorus and became its president and assistant conductor. He also co-founded a double barbershop quartet, the High ■ Jinks. It was the only acappela singing group of its kind at Brown. Today some former High-Jinks members are part of the Rockapella singing group on the TV-show "Where in the World is Carmen San Diego?" Beginning in his junior year at Brown, he sang professionally at both a synagogue and a church. Then during a sermon by Rabbi William Braude of Temple Sinai, he says it seemed as if "the heavens opened up," and he began to understand the spiritual dimension of Judaism. This'led to "a decision to attend, the Cantors Institute of the Jewish Theological Semi- . nary. While there, he met his wife, Susan Gellman, who was studying for her master's degree in social work at Colum bia University. They were married in 1982 after his graduation from the seminary and he was hired as cantor at Tifereth Israel. He admits that he thought of eventually returning to the Boston area, but after a few years in Columbus, he stopped looking back. He feels that Columbus is a ■ special Jewish community and that both the congregation and its rabbi, Harold Berman, are supportive of him, professionally and personally. He takes the role of cantor, that of being a Shaliach Tzib- bur— a messenger of the congregation — very seriously. According to Cantor Chomsky his role is to help congregants Cantor Jack Chomsky conducts the Tifereth Israel Choir during a performance of High Holiday music at Wexner Heritage House. Pictured are 0* to r., front row) Joaa Marks, Janet Yaillen, Linda Chene, Paul Cohen, Michael Price, (back row) Manne Aronovsky and Jerry Benis. make a connection to God and heaven; his goal is to foster an awareness of and create holiness in time and song. Although he has been involved in many programs, Cantor Chomsky is proudest of the avvard winning "An American Selichot Service," which he commissioned to be written by Gary Friedman and which premiered here at Tifereth Israel. He has brought many other innovative programs to the area. One combined the Rinat Choir of Israel, Israel's National Choir, and a local gospel choir. Another was a community-wide concert which featured a choir of 150 singing Jewish music as well as Christian, Hindu, Sikh, Baha'i and Moslem. It was attended by over 500 people. The development ofthe Tifereth Israel choir; highlights the cantor's creativity and determination to have others share in the beauty he sees in Jewish music. The choir performs not only at congregational services, but in the community as well Cantor Chomsky has been the editor ofthe Journal of Synagogue Music, the semiannual national publication of the Cantors Association, since 1988. He has also been a member of the Assembly's Executive Council and was an active see CANTOR pg. 2 -i
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Title | The OJC the Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1994-11-17 |
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Title | Ohio Jewish Chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1994-11-17, page 01 |
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tjhiu nx.si-.aoc3.gLy xior
5-
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I.
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JL JLJLj
The Ohio Jewish Chronicle
''Set vingt Columbus and the Central Ohity,
,, 'Jewish Community since 1922,
VOLUME 72
'NUMBER 47
NOVEMBER 17,1994
14 KISLEV 5755
Israeli public mood sour
despite peace successes
' \* . page 4 '
Newcomer in an old land
' ' '•''** ■ page 4/
Heritage tower celebrates
16th anniversary
\ page 6
|;^.-pJws Green Sunday
y-m'-^m '.\; \:"; -'\:,;,y page?
il JkBpVY THE COVER
,< 7 Cantor Jack Chomsky has taught over 300 Bar
Jp'tttKBat Mitzvah students during his 12-year,
itcniire at Congregation Tifereth Israel. He is
pictured here* with Brian" Herstig, now a graduate
student atBrandeisiJniversify. ,•,.*-" ' •', }
y •„'< "■", «'" '*•-, ' ". '', • i, '''' ' " -
. iiiiii inn ii n , i _ i
EARLY DEADLINES
Hhe deadline for the OJC issue
dated Nov. 24 is noon today, Nov% 17.
The-deadlirie for the issue dated
Dec. 1 will be noon on Wednesday,
Nov. 23.
' The OJC offke wili be closed on Thursday, Nov. 24,'
and Friday, Nov. 25, in obseiyance of the
Thanksgiving holiday.
-BBBraam In The Chronicle ■»■■■
At The JCC ...,,;.... ^.,-.....;.,.19
Calendar...,.., ,............;............ ...... 10-
Community ,..,„.....,...,.„...;, 6-13'"
i? euer&Tion*.«t «....*.».«.«»^..<..t.*_..«M..«..rf..««.....,t..«.Mv,„
, < ," , - r 1 ' -''-"-/,
* JITy XQQX& d\flpQ......*.....^.:.....*..f»..*......a.*..*... A& ;
Front Page'....'.,...'.....„...;,;.«*.,./......'AV....."';.-«.*«*2,3 ?
* III Jill© I\£Wl>>M»i«*t«MM<|iHMf«fMI>t>'O^MMrM^«> |
Format | newspapers |
Date created | 2009-11-23 |