Bene Israel Selichot

The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents:

Bene Israel Selichot

Join us as Hazzan Joshua Daniels introduces us to the Bene Israel piyyutim and selichot tunes as he shares stories from his life within and outside the Bene Israel community.

Tuesday, 30 August at 12:00PM EST
(Complimentary RSVP)

About the speaker:
Joshua Daniels was born in Bombay, India to an observant Jewish family. He is a member of the Bene Israel community which is the largest and oldest Jewish community from India. At an early age, his father encouraged him to read Hebrew and to follow the Bene Israel traditions with an emphasis on music and singing. His father Samuel Elijah Z”l is the greatest influence on Joshua’s life. He ensured that Joshua received a Jewish education and appointed the local hazzan in Bombay from the Etz Haeem synagogue to train him in Torah reading from the age of Bar Mitzvah.

At the age of 15, Joshua immigrated to Israel with his family before ultimately moving to Toronto, Canada. Joshua has been living in Toronto for 29 years with his wife and daughter. He has served as a chazzan and baal koreh (Torah reader) in various congregations. Joshua has expanded his knowledge and can perform the prayer services and Torah reading in Ashkenazi, Yerushalmi and Moroccan tropes. He continues to expand his singing abilities and is self- taught. He also has enriched his performance of the Bene Israel tunes and leads a minyan for High Holidays. He has taught more than 100 boys for their Bar Mitzvah, many of which could not read Hebrew. Joshua is ambitious, he continues to discover further aspects of Jewish prayer and song and takes pleasure in sharing his expertise.

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