Showing posts with label Birmingham. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Birmingham. Show all posts

Friday, August 1, 2025

Welcoming Shabbat with Lecha Dodi Sung by Kol Kinor Choir of Birmingham, UK

Kol Kinor Choir was formed in Birmingham, UK in September 1990, under the able musicianship of Joyce Rothschild and Jane Ward. Alexander Knapp is the honorary Patron. Jacob Fifer is the musical director and principal conductor.

Kol Kinor is a small mixed voice choir of singers who perform, enjoy and enthuse about Jewish music. It has a rich and diverse repertoire covering many aspects of Jewish culture including liturgical and synagogue pieces set to modern, traditional and folk arrangements. It has Jewish and non-Jewish members.

The choir sings in Yiddish, Hebrew, English and Ladino, and complement this with commentaries on the history and significance of each piece in relation to musical development and religious emphasis within individual festivals and services.

Over the years, the choir has performed all over the UK in many varied venues including cathedrals, churches, synagogues, music festivals, City of Birmingham events; the choir has also sung in the USA. 

In this video, Kol Kinor sings Lecha Dodi, a traditional part of the Kabbalat Shabbat service.

Shabbat shalom!

Friday, April 12, 2019

Welcoming Shabbat with Shalom Aleichem (Beatles Let it Be) in Birmingham, Alabama



Sunmoon Pie is an Atlanta-based Jewish music group, known for alternative Jewish prayer melodies & meditative Hebrew kirtan-inspired chants.

Consisting of singer-songwriters Bonnie Levine on keyboards/harmonium & Michael Levine on guitar, the duo is often accompanied by talented percussionists and other musicians. 

In this video, they sing Shalom Aleichem, the traditional song to welcome Shabbat, at Congregation Beth El in Birmingham, Alabama.

Enjoy, and Shabbat shalom!

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