This site is for those who have attended the Hava Nashira workshops, and for those who have not (yet!)
If you are looking for the official
Hava Nashira
Songleading Workshop registration/information page
at the Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute (OSRUI) web site, please
click here
NEW! - Song sheet lyric files with Hebrew with FULL nikkudot on our Hebrew Lyrics Page
Last updated May 12, 2008 Page maintained by Adrian A. Durlester www.durlester.com
Please visit these other affiliated Jewish Music Community
sites:
Hebrewsongs.com
HotShabbat.com and TotShabbat.com
Our Jewish Music Clearinghouse/Musician's Collective and Copyright Education Campaign are moving forward.
The Ten Commandments for Songleaders - Now with additions from Sam Glaser!!
Resources-Useful Songbooks (Original List compiled by Cantor Jeff Klepper in 1996,additions by Adrian Durlester)
Songsheet Hebrew Lyric Files (Davkawriter and PDF)
The Hava Nashira/Jewish Songleaders Mailing List Now with direct link for subscribing.
Chanukah Songsheet from Marsha Fensin , also available in either MS Word or Acrobat PDF format.
This Web Site is hosted courtesy of the URJ Department of Synagogue Music and with the permission of Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute.
Our thanks to them for permitting this website, and the affiliated "Hanashir" discussion list hosted at Shamash to exist and serve the wider Jewish music community.
The Annual Songleading and Music Workshop of Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute, URJ
Email bgordon@urj.org if you’d like to be added to the OSRUI mailing list so that you can be notified when registration opens for Hava Nashira.
If you teach or lead music in Camps, congregations, or community centers, Hava Nashira is for you. You’ll improve your skills as you learn from the finest Jewish music innovators and composers, including Debbie Friedman, Craig Taubman, Dan Nichols, Cantor Ellen Dreskin, Merri Lovinger Arian, Cantor Jeff Klepper, Cantor Rosalie Will Boxt, Peter and Ellen Allard, Josh Nelson, Rabbi Ken Chasen and more. Instrumental proficiency is preferred but not necessary.
Major tracks offered in previous years include:
More detailed information on the tracks and faculty can be found on the official OSRUI Hava Nashira page
Tuition for Hava Nashira includes lodging, meals and all programming and materials. Semi-private housing is available in the Bayit, Lodge and Daniel M. Soref Education and Alumni Center (double rooms with private bath); and in the Nerenberg Family Center (double rooms with dormitory-style washrooms at the end of the hall). Lodging is also available in dormitory cabins (separate for men and women), featuring bunk beds for 24 participants in each cabin, with adjacent washrooms and showers.
The deadline for registration is usually in mid-May.
Refunds of tuition, less a non-refundable registration fee of $75.00, will be made up to thirty (30) days prior to the event.
Click here for the OSRUI Kashrut Practice.
Hava Nashira takes place at Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute, the regional camp of the Union for Reform Judaism in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, located between Milwaukee and Madison. Attendees are responsible for their own transportation to camp. The nearest airport is Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The camp is also a 2-hour drive from O’Hare Airport in Chicago.
Van Service to Camp from Milwaukee
OSRUI often makes arrangements with Airport Connections to offer van service to the camp at a discounted rate.
Email bgordon@urj.org if you’d like to be added to the OSRUI mailing list so that you can be notified when registration opens for Hava Nashira.
Every year since 1992, in early June, people with a common interest in songleading, teaching and leading Jewish music gather on the grounds of Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute Camp in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin for the Hava Nashira Songleading and Music Workshop. At this unique event, some of the finest Jewish music innovators and composers, including Debbie Friedman, Cantor Jeff Klepper, & Rabbi Dan Freelander, Craig Taubman, Julie Silver, Rabbi Joe Black, Cantor Josee Wolff, Cantor Ellen Dreskin, Merri Lovinger Arian, Cantor Jordan Franzel, Rabbi Lisa Zur, Dan Nichols, Cantor Rosalie Will Boxt, Peter & Ellen Allard, Josh Nelson, Ken Chasen and Danny Maseng have shared their music and their skills. Guest visitors have included Cantor Alberto Mizrahi, and Theodor Bikel. Participants of all ages, backgrounds, and religious practice come to improve their own skills, network with others and share ideas in a supportive, nurturing atmosphere.
This page has been established for several purposes. One is to serve as a connection between those who have already participated in Hava Nashira. Another is to make others aware of this unique opportunity. The primary purpose, however, is to serve as an online resource for all people involved in teaching and leading Jewish music, whether at camps, congregations, or community centers. We hope you'll find the information on these pages useful, and welcome your comments, suggestions, and criticisms.