March 2nd 2007, 8:00 PM

Friday night service featuring a 50-voice gospel choir 

The Wilshire Theatre Beverly Hills
8440 Wilshire Blvd.  (just east of La Cienega Blvd.)
Beverly Hills, CA 90211

RSVP: (323) 658-9100

Rabbi David Baron and his congregation regularly welcome guests to their services and are eager to include the entire African-American community for this occasion.  The celebration of life and God through art and music has made Rabbi Baron’s temple the home to many families in one of the largest Jewish communities in America.  It has embraced artists from many diverse backgrounds to create new expressions of Jewish worship and allows for a heightened experience that is easily accessed by people of any age or background.  Actors, musicians and filmmakers regularly attend and joyfully participate in Rabbi Baron’s lively service.

 Sharing in this spiritual and musical celebratory event are both the wonderful Tabernacle Gospel Choir and Bishop Charles Blake of the West Angeles Church of God in Christ, one of the most prominent churches in the Western United States, boasting a membership of over 24,000. Bishop Blake is well-known for his messages that minister to the whole person and bring together people of various racial and ethnic backgrounds. Also participating in the service is Cantor Ilysia Pierce, music directors Sharon Farber and Justin White and Associate Rabbi Ariel Hanien.

 This service specifically connects with the history shared by the African-American community because, as Rabbi Baron explains; “We relate to the plight of slaves or those unjustly imprisoned and exploited because we were once slaves in the land of Egypt.  In our day, we fully realize the impact of tyranny and that it takes commitment and bravery to free our world from the enslaving grip of terrorism.”

The vision of the Temple of the Arts is to reconnect fellow Jews and all people seeking spiritual enlightenment with the beliefs and traditions of Judaism through the arts.