The Iona Spirituality Institute

Tehillim: An Interfaith Concert of Psalms

The concert is a celebration of sacred song tradition inspired by the Psalms which have voiced the prayers of Jews and Christians for millennia. Rabbi David Kosak will bring insight from original Hebrew texts to contemporary psalms composed by Kathleen Deignan, CND, and Rob Silvan. Musicians from both traditions will be featured as well as sacred dancer Sandra Rivera of the Omega Liturgical Dance Company.

Kathleen Deignan, CND, PhD is professor of Religious Studies at Iona College, an expert on the theology and spirituality of Thomas Merton, and a prolific composer of nearly two hundred songs for worship and contemplation based on the mystical texts of the Jewish and Christian traditions and her own prayer poems.

Rabbi David Kosak is associate rabbi of Beth El Synagogue Center of New Rochelle. Rabbi Kosak received his rabbinic ordination from the Ziegler School, the Conservative movement’s seminary on the West Coast that is housed at the University of Judaism in Bel Air, California.

Previous co-sponsored ISI events

2003
Spirituality Around the Dinner Table and Across the World: Insights from the Teachings of Martin Buber (October 16, 2003)
Presenter: Rabbi Dennis Ross, author of God in Our Relationships
Respondents: Amy Rosenbaum, PhD and Fr. Donald J. Moore, SJ

2001
A Concert of Psalms (March 4, 2001) explored, through music and commentary, the rich interpretations of the Psalms possible through different lenses.
Musical Interpretations: Anima Schola
Commentators: Rabbi Amiel Wohl, Temple Israel of New Rochelle and Monsignor Howard Calkins, Sacred Heart Parish, Mt. Vernon, NY

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