No really, it’s true! One of Orin’s part time jobs for the last 4+ years has been accompanying services at Congregation Shaare Emeth, a Reform Jewish Congregation in suburban St. Louis. The Cantor there a while back invited Oddwalk to play tonight, to share some of our music and some of the common areas of our faiths.
Read the article from the recent temple bulletin below, and if you want, come on out, about 5:15 for pre-service music, 6pm for the service itself, the NW corner of Ballas and Ladue. They’re very welcoming, there’s food (a “gnosh”) beforehand, and an interesting window into their faith and ours during the service itself. Please come if you can!
Orin has even written a couple new pieces for their liturgy! One sets the “Shema,” the central prayer of the Jewish faith: “Hear O Israel, the Lord Your God is One…” and a more reflective prayer for the end of a time of silent prayer, part of which is a prayer for peace, part of which is Psalm 19 – “May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable to you, my rock and my redeemer.” Both have a lot of Hebrew in them, which was a new and exciting endeavor!
