Day 112

Reading Time: 2 minutes I love Mel Brooks. If you find him as fascinating as I do you might like to hear a very different type of interview with him. Marc Maron is over-the-edge when doing his own shtick, but he interviews celebrities well. (I listened to his interview with Susan Sarandon the other day.) Early in the interview, Mel […]

by Robert Schoen on April 27, 2018

Dr. Robert Schoen has been a writer, musician, and composer. His book, On God’s Radar, follows his 2017-18 walk from coast-to-coast across the United States. He is also the author of What I Wish My Christian Friends Knew About Judaism and the co-author (with Catherine deCuir) of the novel The Rabbi Finds Her Way.

Schoen has composed music for a variety of ensembles and settings, and was Composer-in-Residence at Temple Sinai in Oakland, California, where Cantor Ilene Keys and the temple choir under the direction of George A. Emblom, premiered his original jazz-oriented Friday night Sabbath service, Bossa Shabbat.

Robert Schoen is a member of ASCAP and is the recipient of Getty Foundation and ASCAP awards for music composition. He and his wife, Sharon Chabon, live in Oakland, California.

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