Shir Hadash Reconstructionist Community will welcome Joshua Warshawsky as its cantorial soloist and song leader for the High Holy Days (read more about Warshawsky in News & Schmooze on Page 16).  He will join Rabbi Lane Steinger in leading the services.  Shir Hadash meets and will conduct all of its High Holy Day services in the Beit Midrash of the Jewish Community Center’s Staenberg Family Complex Arts and Education Building, 2 Millstone Campus Drive in Creve Coeur.

Washawsky, a Chicago native, is a student in the joint bachelor’s degree program of Columbia University and List College, Jewish Theological Seminary.    He has extensive singing and song leading experience. He currently serves as musical director of the Columbia Clefhangers a cappella group and is the music specialist for United Synagogue of Hoboken in Hoboken, N.J. He has attended Rick Recht’s Songleader Boot Camp and has co-chaired and organized the Jewish Collegiate Festival of the Performing Arts.

Shir Hadash worship services are open to the community. For more information, visit the congregation’s High Holidays page at www.shirhadashstl.org or contact Rabbi Lane Steinger, [email protected] or 314-991-7972.  RSVPs are requested.

Reconstructionist Judaism is a progressive, contemporary approach to Jewish life that integrates a deep respect for traditional Judaism with the insights and ideas of contemporary social, intellectual and spiritual life.