Cantor yaakov stark biography of michael
Cantor Yaakov Y. Stark served the OC community for nearly 25 year and has been described as possessing “a voice of great beauty, clear and true....
Sermon Review: Congregation Orach Chaim (New York City)
Each of us has a unique contribution to makeand each of us must persevere in our efforts to realize that contribution.
This was the message that Rabbi Meir Soloveichik, a contributor to First Things , conveyed in a guest sermon at Congregation Orach Chaim in New York, at Shabbat services on Saturday, January 16.
This year the featured cantors were Israel Rand, Yaakov Stark, Pinchas Cohen and Moishe Shulhoff.He preached in the absence of Orach Chaim’s rabbi, Michael Shmidman. Rabbi Soloveichik is associate rabbi at New Yorks Congregation Kelilath Jeshurun and is studying for a Ph.D. in Jewish Philosophy at Princeton University.
He has written widely on Jewish issues and on the relationship between Judaism and Christianity.
Life the words that have gained even deeper meaning in recent Michael Bachner.
Founded in 1879 by German Jewish immigrants, Orach Chaim is one of New York’s oldest Orthodox synagogues. Its present small but well-appointed building, remodeled from two townhouses, opened its doors in 1907. It stands on Lexington Avenue near 94th Street, in Manhattans