Singing together can be a profound and powerful experience. We speak with Rabbi Jeffrey Summit, an ethnomusicologist and a research professor at the music department at Tufts, about the role that music plays both in animating Jewish life and in helping us to cultivate resilience.

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Special Guest: Rabbi Jeffrey Summit.

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• Ritualwell: 10 Contemporary Jewish Songs
• Rabbi Jeffrey Summit | Tufts Music
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• The inspiration for "Delicious Peace: Coffee, Music & Interfaith Harmony in Uganda" - YouTube
• Delicious Peace: Coffee, Music & Interfaith Harmony in Uganda - Smithsonian Folkways
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• Singing God's Words: The Performance of Biblical Chant in Contemporary Judaism (American Musicspheres): Jeffrey Summit: 9780190497088: Amazon.com: Books
• Abayudaya: The Jews of Uganda: Richard Sobol, Jeffrey A. Summit: 9780789207760: Amazon.com: Books
• The Lord's Song in a Strange Land: Music and Identity in Contemporary Jewish Worship Book and CD (American Musicspheres): Jeffrey A. Summit: 9780195116779: Amazon.com: Books
• One More Time - Rev. James Moore & the Mississippi Mass Choir - YouTube
• לכה דודי - ליאו לבנדובסקי Lecha Dodi - L. Lewandowski - YouTube
• Author Talk with Rabbi Jeffrey A Summit - YouTube — Delicious Peace: Coffee, Music and