Once mainstays of L.A.'s Jewish community, rabbi-cantor couple cope with coronavirus fallout in Jerusalem.
— has survived down through the centuries, making its way into the slangy, buzzy Hebrew of modern-day Israel.
But in a particularly painful twist, the pair is also cut off from the congregation they serve as nonresident clergy in the heart ofThey normally fly to Milan for the holiest events of the Jewish calendar. But Passover is less than two weeks away, and a visit is impossible. Since 2012, when their association with Milan’s Temple Beth Shalom began, Kent and Goor would preside over commemorations of holidays including Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.
Both found long-lasting pastoral homes in Los Angeles, Kent as cantor at Temple Isaiah, and Goor, the son of San Diego Rabbi Joel Goor, as senior rabbi of Temple Judea, in Tarzana. Friends always ask if the two feel safe in Jerusalem, which over the years has experienced spasms of violence, from bus bombings to suicide attacks.Kent, while describing himself as “generally not in line with the Israeli government in terms of policy,” pointed to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s response to the outbreak: swift imposition of travel restrictions, quarantines and stringent rules on public gatherings. Such measures probably saved lives, he said.
Kent, who holds a doctorate in music education from Boston University, spent much of the last year crisscrossing the United States performing his one-man show entitled “Shards,” which he calls a comedic drama exploring the search for home and homeland.
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