This initiative of three services helps to expose and explore the ever-evolving modes of worship and musical expression within the Jewish prayer experience, and features Koleinu, the Am Shalom adult choir.

A prolific composer, arranger, choral director and accompanist, Max Janowski (1912-1991) inspired several generations in their love of Jewish choral singing as Music Director at KAM Isaiah Israel in Chicago for over 50 years. We welcome musical scholar Cantor David Berger and Am Shalom's first Cantorial Soloist, Jeanne Diamond, for a Shabbat service celebrating some of the greatest Jewish liturgical music composed in the 20th century, exploring how he and others are reshaping Janowski's music with new vibrancy for the 21st.