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A Cantor Set Adon Olam to ‘Landslide’ and Now We Can’t Sing It Any Other Way

JL;DR SUMMARY Lior Zaltzman expresses admiration for a unique rendition of the Jewish liturgical poem Adon Olam, sung to the tune of Fleetwood Mac's "Landslide" by Cantor Ben Ellerin of the Reform Baltimore Hebrew Congregation. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Reform JudaismJewish LiturgySpiritualityKvellerAdon OlamBaltimore Hebrew CongregationSynagogue MusicFleetwood MacLandslideCantor Ben Ellerin

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Baltimore, Maryland, United States
"This tune comes to us from the Reform Baltimore Hebrew Congregation and their gifted cantor, Ben Ellerin, who joined the synagogues staff in 2018."

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