Music • Stage • Film • Direction • Producing & Arranging • Design Consulting • Writing & Editing • Speaking, Teaching & Diplomacy
THEATER:
- writing of plays, screenplays, scripted events
- directing for stage: plays, concerts, scripted events
- directing for film/tv/video
- editing for film/tv/video
- acting
- set design
- costume design
- music composition for stage
- music performance for stage (piano, guitar, bass)
- touring coordination (domestics & internationa)
- technical booth direction for stadium and large theaters
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
- Reads & speaks fluent to conversant: English, French, German, Sign Language Of the Deaf (Ameslan), Hebrew.
- Reads & speaks additional lesser levels of Russian, Japanese, Arabic, Aramaic, Greek, Chinese, Italian, and Latin.
- Expert in reading, writing, and analyzing texts from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds: additional years of distinguished recognized teaching and publishing on such topics.
- experienced classroom and conference-podium teacher of above and related subjects
Scholarly Editing and Writing:
- essays: (i.e. – Voices of Messianic Judaism essay anthology & The Voice Of The Lord anthology)
- dictionary definitions (i.e. – American Heritage Dictionary 2nd College Edition)
- journal articles and panels (i.e. – Kesher, Mishkan, etc.)
- magazine & newspaper articles, interviews, columns, and opinion pieices (i.e. New York Times, Concordiensis, Messianic Jewish Life Magazine, The Messianic Times, First Fruits of Zion Magazine, Lifestyles Magazine)
- newsletter authorship, editing, and desktop publishing (i.e. – for MJA of America & Congregation Beth El of Manhattan)
EDUCATION
Certified by State of Pennsylvania: (Secondary & Elementary)
- classroom teaching
- creation, implementation, & supervision of curriculum
- supervision of faculty
- onsite chief administration of physical plant
- negotiation for, and creation of cooperative programs with other institutions
- student/faculty travel organization and execution
- teen event scripting and teaching/leadership
- counseling of children daily and in crisis
- fund-raising & new-student recruitment
- representation of the school in deputation events
- logistics for meetings and school operations
- parent/teacher conferencing logistics & meetings
- PTA Meeting logistics and conduct
MUSIC
- composition for theater, contemporary & classical arenas, television theme songs, film scores
- conducting (from podium and as participating instrumentalist)
- piano, guitar, bass performance
- choral and instrumental arranging
- choral and band rehearsal, direction/conducting, and performance
- dance accompaniment and direction
- engraving (Finale™ & Logic™)
- studio production (as directing producer, and with Logic™ “at the board”)
RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY
- Non-Profit Operations & Fund-Raising: multiple organizations, institutions, schools
- Certified to conduct weddings in the City of New York
- Rabbinic Ordination (IAMCS, CBY, CBEOM, & Semikhah P’ratit (multiple)
- Yeshiva Instructor • IAMCS Yeshiva • Talmudic Literature
- Keynote Speaker: South Africa MJA “Millennium” Conference • University of Cape Town (invited)
- Senior Rabbi in Manhattan synagogue 20+ years
- Worship Music Director in Manhattan synagogue 20+ years
- Speaker & Teacher (requested/invited) at International, National, and Regional Conferences USA, Russia, Israel, Caribbean, Canada by invitation from multiple organizations
- Musical Worship Team Instructor (requested/invited: USA, Israel, Russia
- Dispute Mediation/Adjudication (requested/invited: USA, Israel, Russia)
TECH PROFICIENCIES
Macintosh platform programs:
- Apple OSX and IOS
- Mellel Multi-Lingual Word Processor (bi-directional Hebrew/English)
- Touch-type in English and Hebrew
- Microsoft™ Office Suite
- Apple iWork™ Office Suite
- Logic™ Digital Studio
- Garageband™ Digital Studio
- Finale™ Music Engraving Program
- Final Draft™ Script Write
- Adobe Photoshop™ & Acrobat Professional™
- Online Bible™
- Soncino™ Talmud Library
- Ages™ Library of Western Faith Literature
PC-literate op sys and comparable programs: also literate.