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Welcome to the new and improved Shlock Rock Website!  Slowly but surely we will be bringing Shlock Rock into the new age of Technological Advancement!

I was in Des Moines, Iowa for Shabbat where  I was musical Scholar in residence at Congregation Beth El Jacob.   It was an awesome experience.  Des Moines is a great community where this shul is actually 121 years old!  The history as I walked through this building was so apparent.  On the wall there was a picture of the synagogue members at a historical dinner in 1948 when Israel became a state.   The people in the midwest are amazingly friendly and courteous.

All in all it was a great Shabbat.   I read the Torah on Shabbat and also lead the congregation in Mussaf.   I also gave a lecture called “The Spiritual and Halachic Implications of taking secular melodies and integrating them into the Prayer Service and the Shabbat Zemirot.   Saturday night I capped off the weekend with a Solo Concert.  It was really fun to meet the Jewish Community of Des Moines!

Today I am in Minneapolis for a show which begins in a little more than 2 hours from now!

Signing off from the road – Lenny