Location: MaTovu. Will also be streamed on Zoom.

Featured Musicians: Deborah Sacks Mintz and Eitan Kantor

Tickets: Sliding scale* $0/$10/$36

Covid Precautions: Proof of vaccination and masks required. In-person attendance limited to 50, overflow on Zoom.

*MaTovu is committed to creating accessible programs for all. In terms of fees, this takes some community support. We ask that you pay on the scale, according to your ability. If you have budget for luxury things like vacations, we ask that you pay at the higher end of the scale. If you don’t have budget wiggle room, choose to pay what you can. Those who can pay more directly support MaTovu’s ability to stay a welcoming and accessible place for all.

Deborah Sacks Mintz is an educator, practitioner, and facilitator of Jewish communal music, supporting those who seek to deepen their practice of empowered song and connective prayer. As a musician, Deborah has partnered creatively with a diverse array of voices in the Jewish soundscape; in addition to collaborating on over two dozen albums, she released her debut record of original spiritual music, The Narrow and the Expanse, in 2020 on Rising Song Records. Beloved ongoing artistic projects include Rabbi Josh Warshawsky's Chaverai Nevarech, New Moon Rising with Elana Arian and Chava Mirel, and Joey Weisenberg's Hadar Ensemble. A candidate for rabbinic ordination and an MA in Women and Gender Studies at the Jewish Theological Seminary, Deborah serves Hadar's Rising Song Institute as an artist, consultant, and teacher.

Eitan Kantor is a musician, educator and composer based in Saint Louis, MO. Through the creation of both religious and secular Jewish music, he works to inspire social action rooted in Jewish values. He channels music through his fiddle, his singing voice and the collective singing voice of the community. His music is rooted in musical traditions of Eastern Europe and sends branches skyward towards the potential of the present moment. Employing organizing skills as well as performance background, Eitan uses the unifying power of group song and dance to galvanize crowds into action. As a cantorial soloist, klezmer dance party stoker, virtual choir facilitator and youth educator, Eitan raises up curiosity, playfulness and faith in the ability of each person to be an essential thread in the communal musical tapestry.