Welcoming Shabbat with a Lecha Dodi Mashup by 15 Boston Area Cantors

JArts, in collaboration with MASSCreative, the Massachusetts statewide advocacy group for the cultural sector, created Arts Matter Shabbat, now known as Creativity Connects Shabbat – an annual day to collectively advocate for the arts.

Last November, 15 cantors from the Boston area joined in a virtual choir to sing five versions of Lecha Dodi, the traditional song from the Kabbalat Shabbat Friday evening service -- Ashkenazic, Sephardic, Yemenite, Contemporary, and Hasidic.

Here is the mashup of Lecha Dodi, featuring the Boston area cantors, as a part of the Creativity Connects Shabbat production. 

Enjoy, and Shabbat shalom!

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Here Comes Thanksgivukkah, and Boston Leads the Way

With Chanukah and Thanksgiving Day arriving together next week, the city of Boston is going all out to insure that both holidays get the attention that they deserve. 

The whole city, including the mayor, are all set to celebrate in ways both traditional and new.

The website JewishBoston.com created a special additional website for the occasion and filled it with historical information, recipes, a page for kids, and instructions on setting the Thanksgivukkah table.

They sent a reporter into the street to capture reactions from people in the street and to interview Thomas Menino, Boston's mayor about how they plan to celebrate, pronounce, and spell Thanksgivukkah.

So join in the fun, and enjoy!

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