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 Fiddler on the Roof Lyricist Sheldon Harnick and Conductor Judith Clurman Present to HUC-JIR/NY Community 
Cantor Bruce Ruben, Director of the School of Sacred Music at HUC-JIR/NY, introduces Judith Clurman and Sheldon Harnick
Clurman and Harnick discuss the creation of Fiddler on the Roof
The School of Sacred Music at HUC-JIR/New York featured a discussion with Sheldon Harnick, renowned lyricist of Fiddler on the Roof and other works for Broadway and film, moderated by choral conductor Judith Clurman, on February 20, 2008.
Harnick opened by singing a rendition of 'Sunrise, Sunset,' accompanied by Clurman, and then spoke to hundreds of HUC-JIR students, faculty, staff, Board members, guests, and media about his career, notably his collaboration with composer Jerry Bock on Fiddler on the Roof. The Masters Series, made possible by a generous contribution by Miriam Pollack Rehmar, in memory of her husband Dr. Michael Rehmar, provides the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion community with the opportunity to learn from Jewish musicians and artists who have made a lasting impact on American culture. Other artists in this year's series have included noted opera performer Regina Resnick and celebrated film composer Howard Shore. Founded in 1875, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion is the nation's oldest institution of higher Jewish education and the academic, spiritual, and professional leadership development center of Reform Judaism. HUC-JIR educates men and women for service to American and world Jewry as rabbis, cantors, educators, and communal service professionals, and offers graduate and post-graduate programs to scholars of all faiths. With centers of learning in Cincinnati, Jerusalem, Los Angeles, and New York, HUC-JIR's scholarly resources comprise renowned library and museum collections, the American Jewish Archives, biblical archaeology excavations, research institutes and centers, and academic publications. HUC-JIR invites the community to an array of cultural and educational programs which illuminate Jewish history, identity, and contemporary creativity and which foster interfaith and multiethnic understanding. Visit us at www.huc.edu |
