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Rabbi Elie Kaunfer is President and CEO of the Hadar Institute. Elie has previously worked as a journalist, banker, and corporate fraud investigator. A graduate of Harvard College, he completed his doctorate in liturgy at the Jewish Theological Seminary, where he was also ordained. A Wexner Graduate Fellow and Dorot Fellow, Elie is a co-founder of the independent minyan Kehilat Hadar and has been named multiple times to Newsweek’s list of the top 50 rabbis in America. He was selected as an inaugural AVI CHAI Fellow, and is the author of Empowered Judaism: What Independent Minyanim Can Teach Us About Building Vibrant Jewish Communities (Jewish Lights, 2010). He also received semikhah from his long-time teacher, Rav Daniel Landes. Elie serves on the board of the Harold Grinspoon Foundation and on the advisory board of Upstart.
Zamru is dedicated to transformative, engaging, joyful and heartfelt prayer. Nearly the entire service is sung out loud, to tunes some of which are familiar and some of which may be new, accompanied by guitar and percussion. Our music is a global fusion of styles including traditional nusach, niggunim (wordless tunes), and piyyutim (liturgical poems) with melodies from Jewish communities originating in Spain, North Africa, the Middle East, and more.
Zamru is cross-denominational and is not affiliated with any of the Jewish movements. The first official Zamru was held December 2009 on Princeton University’s campus.
Zamru is co-sponsored by Center for Jewish Life – Princeton Hillel. We meet in various locations on campus and in the town of Princeton.
Hotels near Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles
These are within 1.5 miles of Temple Beth Am and could be considered walking distance
Marriott Burton House, Beverly Hills
These are within 1.5 – 3.5 miles of Temple Beth Am*
Courtyard by Marriott Los Angeles/Century City/Beverly Hills
Sofitel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills
*Note that there is limited parking at Temple Beth Am and parking in the neighborhood or at the nearby Beverly Hills Tennis Center is encouraged.
