Welcoming Shabbat Chanukah with Al Hanissim by Chaim Stern and the Jewish Amsterdam Chamber Ensemble

The Jewish Amsterdam Chamber Ensemble is Europe's only professional Jewish orchestra. It performs regularly in Amsterdam's Royal Concertgebouw.

Chaim Stern was born in 1996 to a renowned family of cantors in Jerusalem, with a long-standing tradition in cantorial music. He grew up in a Haredi environment in Beit Shemesh, Jerusalem, and Be'er Ya'akov. Chaim studied cantorial music at the Cantorial School in Petah Tikva and is considered one of the leading students of Maestro Eli Jaffe and Cantor Israel Rand.

Since 2020, Chaim has served as the Chief Cantor of the Great Synagogue in Munich. In addition, he regularly performs in Jewish communities around the world and in major synagogues in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and Ramat Gan, as well as in the United States, Australia, and Europe.

As we welcome Shabbat and light the sixth Chanukah candle, let's listen to Chaim Stern and the Jewish Amsterdam Chamber Ensemble sing Al Hanissim.

Shabbat shalom and Chag Chanukah Sameach!