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Today was full of class, class and more class- there were some points where I really just wanted to run off and take a break for a while. But I didn't, and thanks to the good humor and good spirits of a classmate, I even got back into the spirit of class and enjoyed my last class.
Minyanim today remained abnormally small, and I don't know why. It's frustrating. I don't see why people who live in my building or the other dorm nearby don't come to minyan more often. If I can make the time nearly every minyan the community makes while in Mechina and trying to maintain Some sort of life in addition to that, they ought to be able to come a few times a week at least... I know many people have all sorts of complications and busy aspects of their lives, but well- when JTS can barely scrape together a minyan on a Torah reading day, that depressed me. There were barely more people there than there would be at a Brandeis Egal minyan...
On a brighter note, I went to the Cantorial School concert tonight, and it was really, really wonderful. Very impressive, and a lot of really good music. And I got to see a number of my friends perform, which was really exciting. It was a real thrill. And there was one piece that, if it's been recorded, I'd love to have, and to choreograph to at some point. Songs don't take me that way too often on a first listening. This would just be a really lovely and dramatic piece. I think it could pull off the hora skirt thing and still look classy rather than shtetl. And there were a whole series of times during the concert where I was totally cracking up- there were some Wonderful senses of humor involved. I was also really surprised at how shy some of the cantorial students seemed, and how unsure of themselves on stage, like they really hadn't developped their stage presence, which is sort of not what one thinks of in a cantor, usually. It was really interesting to watch. The body language across the span of the concert was fascinating.
Minyanim today remained abnormally small, and I don't know why. It's frustrating. I don't see why people who live in my building or the other dorm nearby don't come to minyan more often. If I can make the time nearly every minyan the community makes while in Mechina and trying to maintain Some sort of life in addition to that, they ought to be able to come a few times a week at least... I know many people have all sorts of complications and busy aspects of their lives, but well- when JTS can barely scrape together a minyan on a Torah reading day, that depressed me. There were barely more people there than there would be at a Brandeis Egal minyan...
On a brighter note, I went to the Cantorial School concert tonight, and it was really, really wonderful. Very impressive, and a lot of really good music. And I got to see a number of my friends perform, which was really exciting. It was a real thrill. And there was one piece that, if it's been recorded, I'd love to have, and to choreograph to at some point. Songs don't take me that way too often on a first listening. This would just be a really lovely and dramatic piece. I think it could pull off the hora skirt thing and still look classy rather than shtetl. And there were a whole series of times during the concert where I was totally cracking up- there were some Wonderful senses of humor involved. I was also really surprised at how shy some of the cantorial students seemed, and how unsure of themselves on stage, like they really hadn't developped their stage presence, which is sort of not what one thinks of in a cantor, usually. It was really interesting to watch. The body language across the span of the concert was fascinating.