It has been an incredible year studying, writing, and playing music in Jerusalem. I only have about a month left here, and I am going to try to make the most of it with recordings and performance. For those of you who weren't able to make the show on June 2nd, here is a playlist from a concert I just did as my final presentation for the Dorot Fellowship. Hope you enjoy and find something meaningful and inspiring in it. Thanks for listening.

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Take a listen to Shochanet Basadeh. 
Hazzanista's take on a piyut (spiritual poem) written by Ibn Gabirol in Spain in the 1200s and set to a Moroccan melody. Produced by Benji Marx. Guitar by Benji Marx. Percussion by Debbie Fier. Vocals by Eliana KissnerlyricsShochanet BaSadeh – You’ve Dwelled Along the Plains 
R. Shlomo Ibn Gabirol- Spain, 11th Century 

Please join us for this incredible event. If you are looking to engage in an act of peace, here is your opportunity (and you'll have fun too). 

For our ancient mother, Sarah, and for those who would like to remember that in both death and life, we can have a profound impact in the story of our families, our people, and the world. Shabbat Shalom!

Dwelling in the dusty gray

Dwelling in the dusty gray
In the beginning at the end.
I wear garlic, sapphires, and mud 
Protection and sheen for the queen
Jewels and roots both bake under the sun as they set.  
Vanity vanity, it’s all vanity.
Or is it transience?

I’ll be old just like you.
And I’ll look at my reflection which I’ll believe is myself for a second untiI I realize it’s Rocks.
And then we’ll be rocks.  
Mornings, noons, evening times.

Safra performed songs from a wide range of places including North Africa (shoutout to the owner, Rachid, who is from Morocco and Spain!) AND this awesome Jewish Turkish song called "La Comida la Mañana" about a girl in love with a boy and her mother telling her how it really is.  Also Recorded by Turkish Jewish American singer, Victoria Hazan.