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Celebrating 50 Years
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In honor of our
50th year
Music And
Healing
in business,
we invite you
to celebrate
New cantor will highlight Beth El's
spiritual Selichot service.
with us.
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Holiday season," said Lockman. "We
were impressed that this cantor under-
stands this and has the power to help
he High Holidays are
set that mood in a very spiritual and
always a time of reflection
touching manner."
and prayer, but the tragic
For the past several years, the
events of the past year, both Selichot service at Beth El has includ-
in the United States and in Israel,
ed a healing service where members of
bring added significance to
the congregation may come
this year's Days of Awe.
up to the bim-ah to receive
Selichot services, which
individual blessings.
are traditionally held on the
"At this time of the year,
Saturday night preceding
people are turning toward
Rosh Hashanah, will be
prayer," said Cantor
especially meaningful this
Montefiore. "Especially this
year at Temple Beth El as
year, we can't get away from
its new cantor, David
what happened last Sept.
Montefiore, is welcomed
11. People want to be more
into the congregation.
spiritual and to feel more
The service will include
connected. Hopefully ,this
Cantor D avid
a new rendition of the
music service will help the
Montefio
r
92nd Psalm, which was
congregants feel that con-
scored by temple member
nection."
and accomplished musician Megan
Cantor Montefiore lives in West
Cavallari. The cantor will be accompa- Bloomfield with his wife, Abigael, and
nied by organist Dr. Gale Kramer and
8-year-old son, C.J.
the Temple Beth El choir, under the
He previously served as cantor for
direction of Maestro Benjamin
Congregation Beth Ahm in West
Cohen, music director of the Zamir
Bloomfield. He is replacing Cantor
Chorale of Metropolitan Detroit.
Stephen Dubov, who recently left
"This is the first time the temple
Beth El.
has rolled out the choir to join the
"It's nice to join a synagogue with
Selichot service," said the cantor.
such a great musical tradition," said
Cantor Montefiore attended the
Cantor Montellore. "They've always
Hebrew Union College of Sacred
had beautiful services, and I intend to
Music in New York and spent several
keep that going. I want to reawaken
years in Reform and Conservative syn- the cognizance of the wonderful music
agogues in New York, New Jersey and
that has been written for the Reform
Florida. He also served as chief cantor
synagogue setting."
at the Jewish Congregation of the
Argentine Republic in Buenos Aires.
In 1999, Cantor Monteflore
The Selichot program, Saturday,
received three Grammy nominations
Aug.
31, is open to the public,
in the classical music field; two for
beginning
at 8:30 p.m. with
"Best Classical Vocal Performance"
family
activities
for children in
and one for "Best Classical Album. ',
.grades
K-6;
followed
by a recep-
"We appreciate his extensive
tion
at
9:15.
The
Selichot
serv-
knowledge of Jewish music, his broad
ice, which includes a Havdalah
background in the Conservative and
and healing service, starts at 10.
Reform movements, nationally and
Rabbis
Daniel Syme and David
internationally, and, of course, his
Castiglione
will officiate.
melodic voice," said Stuart Lockman,
Temple
Beth
El is located at
president of Beth El.
Telegraph
and
14 Mile in
"For us, Selichot is a healing service
Bloomfield
Township.
that sets the mood for the High
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