The chief rabbi who played Liszt
mainRabbi David Posner, spiritual leader of New York’s Temple Emanu-El for forty years, died yesterday at 71.
Author of a doctoral thesis on ‘Reviving a Lost Art — Piano Music of Russian-Jewish Origin’, Posner kept a grand piano in his office and one congragrant remembers seeing the Liszt sonata open on its rack.
Not many rabbis can play that.
Obit here.
A relatively young guy, mid seventies. May his family find peace.
I studied with Rabbi Posner for my conversion in 1979. He always wanted to talk music after we had spoken about Judaism. I could not have had a more welcoming experience than the precious hours spent with him.
Convertion to what? Episcopalian Judaism?
Conversion to wht? Episcopalian Judaism?