2025 Scholar-in-Residence Weekend
Cantor Benjie Ellen Schiller serves as the Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman Professor of Liturgy, Worship, and Ritual and Professor of Cantorial Arts at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Debbie Friedman School of Sacred Music, and as cantor of Bet Am Shalom Synagogue in White Plains, New York with her husband, Rabbi Lester Bronstein. Her compositions include “Halleluhu,” a multi-rhythmic setting of Psalm 150, “Lamdeini,” “U’kratem D’ror- Proclaim Liberty,” an American/Jewish response to 9/11, and various commissioned works for choirs, synagogues, and interfaith liturgical groups. “A World Fulfilled,” a solo recording of her compositions, was released in 2002. A collection of her synagogue compositions, “Azamrah, Songs of Benjie Ellen Schiller” was published in 2019 by Transcontinental Music. In 2019, Cantor Schiller received the “Hallel v’zimrah” award from the Jewish Choral Foundation for her compositions of Jewish choral music. Cantor Schiller has served on the faculty of the Institute for Jewish Spirituality rabbinic and cantorial programs and the North American Jewish Choral Festival. She is certified by the Institute for Jewish Spirituality as a Jewish mindfulness meditation teacher.
THE FOLLOWING SCHEDULE INCLUDES SUB-THEMES, MEAL, SERVICE & PROGRAM INFORMATION:
EREV SHABBAT - February 28 @ 5:30 pm
A SONG IN SERMON - K'HILLAH K'DOSHAH: BECOMING A SACRED CONGREGATION
$35 per person - Must RSVP by Monday, February 24 at noon.
SHABBAT MORNING - March 1 @ 10:00 am
SHAVAT VAYINAFASH: HOW DOES SHABBAT SPEAK TO US?
Following the Service and Presentation, all in attendance are invited to partake in a light lunch at TBI’s FREE Shabbat Café.
Please contact the Temple office to let us know you plan to attend, no later than Tuesday, February 25 at noon.
(941) 383-3428 or email office@longboatkeytemple.org
SUNDAY MORNING - March 2 @ 9:30 am
FOUR PATHS OF SACRED AWARENESS IN SONG, STUDY, AND STORY
Men’s Club Breakfast Program - $18 per person payable to the TBI Men’s Club
MUST RSVP by Wednesday, February 26 at noon
To reserve for the breakfast, please contact the office directly to pay by phone - (941) 383-3428
THE SCHOLAR-IN-RESIDENCE WEEKEND IS FUNDED BY A GRANT FROM THE CHARLOTTE P. GRAVER FUND OF THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SARASOTA COUNTY
