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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=110 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="039f0f21egerdp.jpg"> <div> <B>REFERENCES FROM  RABBIS</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="038f2f02egerdp.jpg"> <div> <A HREF="lecture_teaching.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lecture/Teaching Topics for Adults"><U><B>Lecture/Teaching Topics for Adults</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id65.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Teenager Education Topics "><U><B>Teenager Education Topics</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Praise for JEWISH VOICES"><U><B>Praise for JEWISH VOICES</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id95.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="REFERENCES FROM EDUCATORS"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700f099000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Educators</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id96.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="REFERENCES FROM PARTICIPANTS"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700f099000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Participants</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id15.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact JEWISH VOICES"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700f099000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Contact JEWISH VOICES</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Jewish Voices 200 Years of Jewish Poetry"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700f099000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Home</B></U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=370 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="03bf0f03.jpg"> <div> <I><B>References from Rabbis</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> "It is a delight to hear Daniel Harris, the most inspiring teacher of poetry I have ever met. <B>JEWISH VOICES </B>brings me back to one of the great realizations that inspired me to become a rabbi--Judaism is not just <I><B>a </B></I>subject, it is <I><B>all subjects.</B></I>  Harris's teaching of the texts deepened my understanding of what it means to be a Jew in the modern world."---<I><B>Rabbi Stephen M. Wylen, Temple Beth Tikvah, Wayne, NJ</B></I></div> <bR> <div> “Everyone enjoyed your presentation on Karl Shapiro.  You helped make his writings come alive for so many people.  My congregants had a wonderful time doing a new kind of text-study.  You really have the ability to keep an audience focused.  This is a very special quality to have.  I wish I had had a teacher like you.” —<I><B>Rabbi Jay M. Kornsgold, Beth El Synagogue, East Windsor, NJ</B></I></div> <bR> <div> "Everyone who attended benefitted from the exposure you provided to such a rich cross-section of Jewish poetry in English through your leading us through historical and literary discussion of our heritage.  I look forward to welcoming you back to our community."---<I><B>Rabbi Edward C. Bernstein, Beth El Synagogue, New Rochelle, NY</B></I></div> <bR> <div> "Our weekend with you as Scholar-in-Residence is over, but the intellectual, emotional, and spiritual impact of your three presentatiosn remains.  You took us on a journey of the human soul that touched, moved, captivated, and challenged us.  Thank you for an extraordinary experience."<I><B>---Rabbi Vivian Schirn, Congregation Or Hadash, Wynnewood, PA</B></I></div> <bR> <div> “Professor Harris knows how to combine lecture with discussion, cognitive with affective.  He has the grace and erudition of an English professor and the dynamic warmth for the heartfelt give-and-take that characterizes the skilled group facilitator.  He is simply not afraid to give his learners poetry that shocks [poetry of the <I>Shoah</I>].  He takes the time necessary to unpack the inner voices of the poems.  He gives English-speaking Jews a chance to feel that our own tongue can express authentic Jewish feelings.  I highly recommend <B>JEWISH VOICES</B> to any congregation looking for an engaging and enlightening program.”—<I><B>Rabbi Lester Bronstein, Bet Am Shalom Synagogue, White Plains, NY</B></I></div> <bR> <div> “What a delight to attend your three seminars on Emma Lazarus and Jewish-American poetry: we did not know how much we wanted to learn until you worked with us.   The depth of your knowledge, the brilliance of your intellect—all became manifest during these special sessions.  Every one felt enlightened by your teaching, your question-response method, your way of pushing us to learn for ourselves.”—<I><B>Rabbi Richard Chapin, (formerly) Congregation Emanu-El, New York, NY (now Greenwich Reform Temple)</B></I></div> <bR> <div> “It was a great pleasure learning with you for our <I>tikkun leyl</I><I> </I>Shavuot.  The program you presented was universally well received and was a wonderful beginning to our communal appreciation of Jewish poetry in English as a central aspect of Torah study and ongoing revelation.  You did a masterful job.”—<I><B>Rabbi Marc Margolius, Congregation Beth Am Israel, Penn Valley, PA</B></I></div> <bR> <div> “In my 42 years at Beth Chaim I have enjoyed the presentations of many Scholars-in-Residence. I have rarely seen a speaker receive such a high level of intellectual responses, inquiries, and enthusiasm.  I was particularly impressed when, after you completed the 15 minute allotment on <I>erev </I>Shabbat, and I saw how rapt was the attention of the congregation, I suggested that you continue–and you did so, without missing a beat, leading us further on into the neglected riches of Jewish-American poetry and culture.—<I><B>Rabbi Maurice Novoseller, Congregation Beth Chaim, Feasterville, PA </B></I> </div> </td> </tr></table></body>