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Nevertheless She Persisted: A Modern Esther Tribute for Purim and Women’s History Month, by Rabbi David Evan Markus (2018)

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription), David Evan Markus and Bayit: Your Jewish Home
Categories:	Modern Miscellany, Purim Readings
Tags:	Women's History Month, tropified texts, צדק צדק תרדוף tsedeq tsedeq tirdof, United States, social justice, civil rights, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Cantillized readings in English
	Purim affirms Esther’s stand against official silencing, abuse of power, misogyny and anti-Semitism. At first an outsider, Queen Esther used her insider power to reveal and thwart official hatred that threatened Jewish life and safety. We celebrate one woman’s courageous cunning to right grievous wrongs within corrupt systems. The archetype of heroic woman standing against hatred continues to call out every society still wrestling with official misogyny, power abuses and silencing. For every official silencing and every threat to equality and freedom, may we all live the lesson of Esther and all who stand in her shoes: “Nevertheless, she persisted.” . . .

Haftarah for MLK Shabbat: “I have a Dream” by Martin Luther King, Jr. (1963), cantillated by Rabbi David Evan Markus

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription), David Evan Markus and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Categories:	Martin Luther King Jr. Day Readings, Modern Miscellany
Tags:	Hafatarot, Cantillized readings in English, צדק צדק תרדוף tsedeq tsedeq tirdof, United States, social justice, civil rights, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M.
	In 2017, Rabbi David Evan Markus prepared the end of Dr. King’s famous speech read at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (August 28, 1963) with trope (t’amim, cantillation). The following year on Facebook he shared a recording of the reading hosted on Soundcloud. Rabbi Markus writes, “This weekend at Temple Beth El of City Island, I offered the end of Dr. King’s 1963 “I Have a Dream” speech, which I set to haftarah trope because I hold Dr. King to be a prophet. When my community applauded, I offered President Obama’s response, ‘Don’t clap: vote.’ And do more than vote: organize, donate, volunteer, help, heal, advocate. Only then, in Dr. King’s words quoting Isaiah 40:5, will ‘all flesh see it together.'” . . .

Haftarah for MLK Shabbat: Four excerpts from a “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” by Martin Luther King, Jr. (1963), cantillated by Rabbi David Evan Markus (Tu biShvat 5782)

Contributor(s):	David Evan Markus and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Categories:	Martin Luther King Jr. Day Readings, Modern Miscellany
Tags:	Cantillized readings in English, צדק צדק תרדוף tsedeq tsedeq tirdof, United States, social justice, civil rights, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Hafatarot
	This is a haftarah comprised of excerpts from a “letter from a Birmingham jail” by Martin Luther King Jr. (16 April 1963). The haftarah was cantillated by Rabbi David Evan Markus for a public reading on MLK Shabbat (the sabbath preceding MLK Day). . . .

Haftarah for MLK Shabbat: Excerpts from speeches by MLK Jr. (1956-1968) selected by Rabbi Marcia Prager, cantillated by Ḥazzan Jack Kessler

Contributor(s):	Jack Kessler (trōpification), Marcia Prager and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Categories:	Martin Luther King Jr. Day Readings, Modern Miscellany
Tags:	Cantillized readings in English, צדק צדק תרדוף tsedeq tsedeq tirdof, United States, social justice, civil rights, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Hafatarot
	These quotations from Dr. King’s speeches were edited by Rabbi Marcia Prager and set to Haftarah Trop by Hazzan Jack Kessler. This adaptation was first published in Kerem (Fall 2014), in Jack Kessler’s article, “English Leyning: Bringing New Meaning to the Torah Service.” . . .

Excerpts from the Speeches and Letters of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from an ecumenical MLK Day service by Temple Emanu-El & Abyssinian Baptist Church

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Categories:	Martin Luther King Jr. Day Readings, Modern Miscellany
Tags:	58th century A.M., Btselem Elohim, צדק צדק תרדוף tsedeq tsedeq tirdof, 20th century C.E., United States, social justice, civil rights
	Selections from speeches and letters by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. read in ecumenical services for Martin Luther King Day in the United States. . . .

Prayer at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, by Rabbi Uri Miller (28 August 1963)

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Rabbi Uri Miller
Categories:	Martin Luther King Jr. Day (3rd Monday of January), National Brotherhood Week, Social Justice, Peace, and Liberty
Tags:	civil rights, demonstrations, 57th century A.M., Btselem Elohim, 20th century C.E., United States, social justice, democracy
	Prayer delivered by Rabbi Uri Miller, President of the Synagogue Council of America, at the March on Washington, August 28, 1963 . . .

שריך לינקאלען | Memorial Prayer for Abraham Lincoln, by Isaac Goldstein haLevi (1865)

Contributor(s):	Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Abe Katz (translation) and Isaac Goldstein
Categories:	Lincoln's Birthday (February 12th)
Tags:	57th century A.M., Memorial prayers, Abraham Lincoln, American Jewry of the United States, 19th century C.E., Prayers for leaders, United States, acrostic, elegies, Presidents Day, emancipation, קינות Ḳinnot, civil rights
	Exalted are you Lincoln. Who is like you! You were highly respected among Kings and Princes. All that you accomplished you did with a humble spirit. You are singular and cannot be compared to anyone else. Who among the great are like Lincoln? Who can be praised like you? . . .

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