{"id":7945,"date":"2009-01-18T13:19:15","date_gmt":"2009-01-18T21:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=7945"},"modified":"2009-01-18T13:19:15","modified_gmt":"2009-01-18T21:19:15","slug":"sundance-shabbat-with-matisyahu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=7945","title":{"rendered":"Sundance Shabbat With Matisyahu"},"content":{"rendered":"

Larry Mark writes for the Jewish Journal:<\/a> I also stopped by the “Shabbat at Sundance” dinner that drew more than 100 participants.  When the time came to say the Birkat Hamazon, a dozen attendees remained and I sat next to a tall, thin, bearded man from Brooklyn, and poured him some Kedem grape juice.  “What do you do in Brooklyn—learn?” I asked the stranger.  “I’m in music,” he replied.  It was not until 20 minutes later – when another participant gushed over the man’s latest CD – that I realized the “stranger” was the Jewish reggae star, Matisyahu. He was at the dinner with his wife, Tali, a graduate of New York University’s film school, who met her husband while doing a documentary on men and women in the Orthodox community not touching. Tali apparently is at Sundance to make contacts to continue this project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Larry Mark writes for the Jewish Journal: I also stopped by the “Shabbat at Sundance” dinner that drew more than 100 participants.  When the time came to say the Birkat Hamazon, a dozen attendees remained and I sat next to … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,3764],"tags":[15572,15570,1133,30680,15571,15573],"class_list":["post-7945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jewish-journal","category-matisyahu","tag-birkat-hamazon","tag-dozen-attendees","tag-kedem-grape-juice","tag-matisyahu","tag-new-york-university","tag-reggae-star"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t