by Richard Stromer | Feb 24, 2021 | Judaism, Music, Tradition
Fiddler on the Roof premiered on the evening of September 22, 1964, at Broadway’s Imperial Theater. The original Broadway production was the first in history to surpass 3,000 performances and held the record for longest-running musical for nearly a decade. In the more...
by Richard Stromer | Aug 4, 2020 | 23rd Psalm, Death, Grief, Love, Music, Spiritual Development, The Mother, The Sacred
The 23rd Psalm is among of the most beloved of Biblical texts. Ministers, priests, rabbis, and above all chaplains are asked to recite this poem countless times over the course of their careers. It’s often the words requested by people facing life’s harshest, most...
by Richard Stromer | Oct 11, 2019 | Accceptance, Grief, Music, Resiliance, Spiritual Development, The Mother
“And when the night is cloudy, there is still a light that shines on me. Shine until tomorrow, Let It Be, Let It Be.” In the autumn of 1968, Paul McCartney, the author of those lyrics, slipped into a deep depression. The cause of his despair was the...
