NHC Summer Institute 2012
August 6-12, 2012
at Franklin Pierce University, Rindge, NH
The 2012 NHC Summer Institute will be held August 6-12 at Franklin Pierce University. The theme will be V'samtem et d'varai eileh al l'vavchem -- And You Shall Set These Words of Mine Upon Your Heart." With open hearts and arms, we invite you to join us!
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About the NHC
The National Havurah Committee (NHC) is a network of diverse individuals and communities dedicated to Jewish living and learning, community building, and tikkun olam (repairing the world). Since the 1970s, the NHC Summer Institute has been bringing together Jews from across North America to envision a joyful grassroots Judaism and provide the tools to help them create empowered Jewish lives and communities. The NHC is a nondenominational, multigenerational, egalitarian, and volunteer-run organization.
Linda Hirschhorn is NHC's Liturgist in Residence 2012
Linda Hirschhorn has been selected to be the NHC’s second Liturgist in Residence at the 2012 Summer Institute.
She will be presenting a series of programs all week at the Institute on the theme: Understanding Prayer through Melody and Harmony.
It’s said that singing a prayer is like saying it twice. The Zohar tells us that there are mansions in heaven which can be opened only through song. While most of the time will be spent singing in these workshops, we will make sure we understand each word of the prayer and explore how the meaning of a prayer is conveyed by its melody. What are the key words in the prayer, what feelings do the words and melodies elicit in you personally and what significance are these words to us as a community. Linda is a singer, songwriter, and director of Vocalot. who joins us from Oakland, California, where she is the director of Vocalot and the cantor at Temple Beth Shalom in San Leandro, California.
Linda is known to the NHC community – she was our Artist in Residence back in Hartford in 1993. We're excited to welcome her back!
The Liturgist in Residence is sponsored by a grant from the editors of L'chu N'ran'nah, an egalitarian traditional bencher with an alternative edge.
Institute 2011 Slideshow
See other sights and sounds of Institute 2011.
