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URL:https://www.wjcenter.org/events/a-conversation-with-david-fair-reflect
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SUMMARY:A Conversation with David Fair: Reflecting on Race
DESCRIPTION:SOJAC presents A Conversation with David Fair\, Hebrew Union Co
 llege-Jewish Institute of Religion's first Black Cantorial student: "Refle
 cting on Race from the Perspective of the Synagogue and the Jewish Communi
 ty."\nNEW DATE! At this very important time in our country\, we invite you
  to join us on Sunday\, August 16 at 10:00am for a conversation with Rabbi
  Jeffrey Arnowitz and Cantor David Fair on race and the Jewish community. 
 David Fair is HUC's first Black cantorial student\, who will share his per
 spective on current events as a Jew of Color and Jewish and Anti-Racism ed
 ucator. Both Rabbi Arnowitz and Cantor Fair bring a sense of openness and 
 humor to what will no doubt be an engaging conversation.\n\nJoin us via Zo
 om: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88926050769\nAbout David Fair\nDavid Fair is
  a rising 5th-year Cantorial student at the Debbie Friedman School of Sacr
 ed Music of Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion. He has a 
 BA in Theater from the University of Maryland College Park\, a Professiona
 l Studies Diploma and Artist Diploma from the Cleveland Institute of Music
 \, and a Masters in Sacred Music from HUC-JIR. He is a recent graduate of 
 the UJA Graduate Fellowship of the UFA Federation of New York. David serve
 d as the Cantorial Intern with Kehillat Lev in Tel Aviv\, Temple Beth Isra
 el in York\, PA\, and most recently at Congregation Beit Simchat Torah (CB
 ST) in New York City. Before entering Cantorial school\, was a professiona
 l preschool teacher\, teaching at the JCC of Greater Pittsburgh and Chicag
 o Jewish Dayschool.\n\nDavid takes his role as an Anti-Racism educator ver
 y seriously\, having been raised by his non-Jewish Black father and a whit
 e Jewish mother. Last year\, he was proud to be a featured speaker at HUC-
 JIR’s annual Yom Iyun\, where the topic was “Experiences of Jews of Co
 lor—Creating the World We Wish to See.” He is currently writing his Ma
 sters Thesis\, the topic of which being “Musical Experiences of Black Je
 wish Americans.” This September\, David will begin as the Cantorial Inte
 rn at Washington Hebrew Congregation in Washington\, DC.
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