The month of Elul begins shortly, and with it comes the sound of the shofar. We all hold similar hopes for the new year: peace, safety, and to be written in the Book of Life. We invite you to join us for High Holiday services, in person or via livestream, to pray for these blessings and more. Wis...

Whether it’s Labor Day or Israel Day, there’s nothing like a parade to celebrate, and this year PAS had its own float at the Israel Day Parade in NYC. Even in somber and challenging times, this song reminds us: “it will be better, it will be even better!” Enjoy the feel of the celebratory crowd a...

As this song expresses, may you be sealed in the Book of Life, and may the new year ahead bring sweetness, happiness, and peace. Shanah Tovah!

Music by Beth Styles, arr. by Oran Eldor, commissioned by PAS Music Center
Music Director: David Enlow
Video Editor: Tami Shaham
Audio: Oscar Acevedo

Rabbis Cosgrove and Zuckerman, both “Born in the USA,” love Bruce Springsteen. The rabbis joke with Cantor Schwartz, who hails from “The Promised Land,” that he really doesn’t get the Boss, that he’s just “Dancing in the Dark.” This past Rosh Hashanah, the Cantor proved that he is not “Blinded by...

Sixty years after Simon & Garfunkel released this song, we find ourselves once again in a world deeply divided. “People talking without speaking - people hearing without listening.”

If you recognize some of the singers here, it’s because they also opened the Tony Awards earlier this year. Singin...

Corinne Allal (1955-2024), a hall-of-fame Israeli rock artist and one of the country’s most beloved voices, sadly passed away last year. In honor of her memory, we are releasing a recording of a new piece the PAS Music Center commissioned her to compose, made by combining an original vocal sketc...

Last year, at UJA’s New York City commemoration of October 7th in Central Park, Cantor Schwartz led the prayer for Israel: Avinu Shebashamayim. All shared similar hopes and prayers at this moving community-interfaith event: an end to conflict that begins with the return of the hostages. As this s...

We are thinking about events in Israel, the bitter and the sweet. This song is a perennial summary of these moments which defy single emotions. Wishing you a Shabbat Shalom in a bittersweet time.

Live from Yom Haatzmaut 2025 at the Jerusalem Theatre, Israel
Featuring the Jerusalem Symphony Orc...

As we approach the High Holidays, here is a piyut recorded live during services in dramatic cantorial style, a centuries-old art in which the cantor’s voice portrays the struggle and triumph of atonement. Once brought to the Broadway stage through Jewish contributions to musical theatre, this sac...

Following the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin – whose 30th yahrzeit we observe this week – Naomi Shemer translated Walt Whitman's poem “O Captain! My Captain!” into Hebrew and set it to music. Whitman wrote the poem after the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. May the memory of our fallen...

Jewish services are filled with prayers of thanks. These words of gratitude appear in every Amidah. Whatever you are thankful for this Thanksgiving weekend, we wish you a Shabbat shalom.

Featuring: Cantor Azi Schwartz
Music: Ofree Israeli, commissioned by the PAS Music Center
AV: Oscar Aceve...

The melody “Gabriel’s Oboe,” which we sang during High Holiday services this year, has been on our minds. Ennio Morricone’s iconic theme from the film The Mission is reimagined here with Hebrew and English lyrics. It’s a quiet prayer for peace, healing, and a world that’s just a little softer tha...