by admin_harrietbennish | Nov 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
In my last blog, I wrote about wanting to attend a Jewish sleepaway camp and how my parents told me they could not afford it. Something I failed to mention though, is that my child-like persistence continued and I soon tried another approach. “Can I go to music...
by admin_harrietbennish | Oct 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
In 2018, if someone asked me if I had plans for the summer, I would respond enthusiastically “I’m going to sleepaway camp!”. Everyone looked both amused and surprised at my genuinely excited response. In truth, I had every reason to be excited. I had never been...
by admin_harrietbennish | Oct 5, 2020 | Uncategorized
My first formal introduction to Jewish music took place in my Rabbi’s kitchen when I was just a young girl. I must have been about nine years old when Rabbi Schick would stop our Hebrew class about fifteen minutes before it was over, point to me, address me by my...
by admin_harrietbennish | Sep 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
“There had not been a marriage at B’nai Israel Synagogue in 20 years, but I always knew I would return to get married there.” Growing up in the 1950’s, the only synagogue in my hometown of Shamokin, Pennsylvania was the B’nai Israel Orthodox Synagogue. ...
by admin_harrietbennish | Aug 31, 2020 | Uncategorized
May 31, 2020 was to have been an eventful day for both Yiddish and my emerging career. The Los Angeles Central Library offers a series of eclectic concerts and performances entitled “LA Made”. Funded by The National Endowment for the Humanities, the concerts are held...
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