Shoshana Jedwab is a prize winning Jewish educator and the Jewish Studies Coordinator at the A.J. Heschel Middle School in NYC. She is the founding facilitator of the Makom Drum Circle at the JCC in Manhattan and is a percussionist and performance artist who has trained in bibliodrama and psychodrama. Shoshana has provided empowering drum circles to singles, student, training, and bereavement groups. Shoshana has performed with: Storahtelling, Chana Rothman, Debbie Friedman, Akiva Wharton, A Song of Solomon, Hebrew Mystical Chant with the Kirtan Rabbi, Andrew Hahn, and Tel Shemesh seasonal events.
Press
- Ma'ariv Online: A Festival of Hebrew Chant (Hebrew) and English translation (pdf)
- Time Out New York (1/30/2008): City counsel
- The Baltimore Jewish Times: Kirtan Rabbi' Brings Indian Chants, Drumming
- The Jewish Daily Forward: Renewing Jewish Spirituality to the Beat of the Drum, by Jay Michaelson
- The Jewish Chronicle: Beth Shalom Purimania filled with drumming, God intoxication
- UJC: Moving Arts to the Head of the Class
Links
To understand more about the benefits of drum circles check out the following links:
To purchase high quality African hand drums or to study African drumming:
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Tel Shemesh is a website and community celebrating Jewish traditions related to the earth and the body; find out about Tel Shemesh events, or invite Shoshana and Tel Shemesh to your home community to create a seasonal or holiday ritual using drumming, movement, storytelling, and the arts.
To learn more about JewishPrayerDance programs with Rabbi Neal Kaunfer. www.jewishprayerdance.com
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“…rhythm is hidden under the root of every activity…”.
—Hazrat Inayat KhanKol HaTorah Kula Shira.
The whole of Torah is song.
—The Talmud
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