Sarasota News Leader
December 14, 2012
Page 92
GUEST SPEAKER DISCUSSES MOVEMENTS IN JUDAISM
Congregation Kol HaNeshama hosted Rabbi website of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical
Richard Hirsh, executive director of the Re- College.
constructionist Rabbinical Association, on
Sunday, Dec. 2, at Hotel Indigo in downtown
Sarasota.
Hirsch discussed the topic, ���Where Have all
the Movements Gone and Where Are They
Going?��� referring to the status of the various
philosophical groups within Judaism.
Hirsch has served as rabbi of Reconstructionist congregations in Toronto, New Jersey, New
York and Chicago. He also served as executive
director of the Philadelphia Board of Rabbis/
Jewish Chaplaincy Service of Greater Philadelphia, according to his biography on the
Rabbi Richard Hirsh (right) joins members
of Congregation Kol HaNeshama: (from left)
Maureen Binderman, president; Phyllis Labinger, program co-chairwoman; and Kayla
Nile, chairwoman. Contributed photo
ORGAN RECITAL TO FEATURE FORMER SYDNEY SYMPHONY TRUMPETER
The Church of the Redeemer, 222 S. Palm
Ave. in downtown Sarasota, will offer a midday organ recital on Wednesday, Dec. 19, with
organist/choirmaster Ann Stephenson-Moe
performing on the church���s massive 50-stop
Nichols & Simpson pipe organ.
Daniel Mendelow, the former principal trumpet for the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, will
join Stephenson-Moe in this final recital of the
Advent season.
The event will begin at 12:10 p.m. and end
promptly at 12:40 p.m., a church news release
says. All in the community are invited to attend this free musical offering in celebration
of Advent.
For more information, visit www.redeemersarasota.org or call 955-4263.
Daniel Mendelow/Contributed