Shalshelet:
The Foundation for New Jewish Liturgical Music

 
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Shalshelet is entirely volunteer-led by its dedicated board of directors, a distinguished advisory board and other supporters lending their time and professional expertise to this innovative project.

Board of Directors

President
Hazzan Dr. Ramón Tasat

Vice President
Dr. Norma Brooks

Vice President
Hazzan Natasha J. Hirschhorn

Treasurer
Richard LaRue
Deputy Director, American Society of International Law*
Washington, DC

Loretta Vitale Saks
Director of Field Education, National Catholic School of Social Service
The Catholic University of America*
Washington, DC

Dr. Emily DeVoto
Musician, Washington DC

Dr. Everett Fox
Allen M. Glick Professor of Judaic and Biblical Studies
Clark University*
Worcester, MA

Rabbi Gilah Langner
Director, Open Academy for Jewish Studies
Co-Editor, Kerem: Creative Explorations in Judaism*

Dr. Oscar Olchyk
Certified public accountant
Miami, FL

Sonia Olchyk Tasat
Spanish teacher
Montgomery County Public Schools, MD*


*organizations listed for identification purposes only
Advisory Board
Rabbi Marcelo R. Bronstein
Rabbi, Congregation B'nai Jeshurun
New York, NY

Dr. Patrick Gardner
Director of Choral Activities, Conductor of Rutgers Concert Choice, the University Choir and Rutgers University Glee Club
Rutgers University, NJ
Conductor, Riverside Choral Society
New York, NY

Stephen Glass
Conductor, composer, arranger
Director of Music, Congregation Shaar Hashomayim
Westmount, Quebec, Canada
Velvel Pasternak
Musicologist; president of Tara Music Publications since 1971; editor of over 150 books of Jewish music
New York, NY

Eleanor Shapiro
Director, Annual Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center Music Festival
Berkeley, CA

Professor Max Ticktin
Associate Chair, Judaic Studies Program; Assistant Professor of Hebrew Language and Literature
The George Washington University
Washington, DC
Music Review Committee

Executive Director