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^ "Feeling the full dimensions of prayer".Mahzor for Young Families: Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.Ki Eshmerah Shabbat - Volume 1: Shabbat Morning.Shir Hadash: New Music at Park Avenue Synagogue.Hadesh Yameinu: New Music at Park Avenue Synagogue.Moments of Awe: Music of the High Holy Days.Heritage: Treasures of Jewish German Composers.He was inspired to become a cantor through his grandfather, who was a cantor in Hungary. Personal life Ĭantor Azi Schwartz grew up in the Israel. He has gone viral on social media for performing traditional prayers to contemporary melodies, including performing " Adon Olam" to the tune of " You'll be Back" from Hamilton and “For Forever” from Dear Evan Hansen, L’dor Vador to “We are the Champions” by Queen, “We are Never Getting back to Egypt to “We are Never Getting Back Together” by Tylor Swift, “Etz Chayim” to “As It Was” by Harry Styles, and Ose Shalom to the tune of “ Shallow” by Lady Gaga and Bradly Cooper. Style Ĭantor Azi Schwartz is known for his virtuosic interpretations of Jewish traditional prayers and Hebrew songs, and mixing Jewish ritual music with contemporary melodies, with an intent of bringing new life to the tradition of Jewish liturgical music. During the 2020 pandemic, he led services for Park Avenue Synagogue livestream online, transforming Jewish practice by growing the online community of worshippers to hundreds of thousands of viewers. His videos are popular on Youtube, with over 16 million views. He played the cantor's role in the film Norman, featuring Richard Gere. He has performed at Carnegie Hall multiple times, including a duet with tenor Lawrence Brownlee. Cantor Schwartz performed a prayer for the Pope Francis's visit to Ground Zero in 2015. Cantor Schwartz was featured as a part of a trio on a PBS special titled “Cantors of New York”. Cantor Schwartz received his cantorial training at Tel Aviv Cantorial Institute, where he studied under Cantor Neftali Hershtik.Ĭantor Azi Schwartz has performed at Madison Square Garden, the United Nations, and on Capitol Hill. He received his master's degree in Voice in Conducting from Mannes School of Music at The New School. Cantor Schwartz earned his undergraduate degree in Teaching Jewish Philosophy and Jewish Studies from the Herzog College before studying at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. He completed his military service as a soloist in the Israeli Defense Forces Rabbinical Troupe. Cantor Schwartz performs concerts internationally and is a teacher of cantorial music.īefore his musical career, Cantor Schwartz attended Yeshivat Har Etzion.

Born in Israel, he lives in New York City, where he serves as the Senior Cantor of Park Avenue Synagogue. As a Jewish community, we would do well to study the contours of Pope Francis’s vision to find points of common cause and collaboration.Azi Schwartz ( Hebrew: עזי שוורץ) is a chazzan (cantor), vocal performer, and recording artist whose music reaches Jewish and interfaith audiences internationally. It is our awareness that we were once strangers in a strange land that calls us to care for the condition of the strangers in our own midst and era. This is a message that the Jewish community knows well. So, too, in our attention to the plight of the poor and the refugee, our obligations are founded not merely on the golden rule of “do unto others,” but also on an awareness, as Pope Francis said to Congress, that as a nation of immigrants, America must be attentive to the present humanitarian crisis engulfing Europe. As stewards of God’s creation, we are obligated to care for our “common home” in a manner that speaks not only to our present needs, but to those of the unborn generations to come. No matter what our theological differences may be, in insisting on a rigid uniformity of belief we diminish the dignity of another person’s right to their beliefs. In each case, it is the abiding belief that every human being is created in the infinite dignity of God’s image that demands that we care for our world and each other. NOTE! Consider delaying until first div on page If (slot) slot.addService(googletag.pubads()) (function (a, d, o, r, i, c, u, p, w, m) Pope Francis: A model ministry - The Jerusalem Post
