10.15.18 - Singing with the extended Hebrew College community for Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld’s installation as President of Hebrew College, with Matt Ponak.
Jackson is an Ordination Candidate at the Rabbinical School of Hebrew College in Newton, MA with a Specialization in Spirituality and Social Justice and a Masters in Jewish Education with a concentration in Israel Education in conjunction with the iCenter. Jackson was apart of the inaugural cohort of The Nachshon Project’s undergraduate fellowship as well as the first cohort of Graduate School Fellows as well as being a Hartman Limmud Rabbinic Fellow. He has worked to build singing prayer communities across the country in California (Congregation Rodef Sholom, URJ Camp Newman, University Synagogue, and NFTY) as well as here in Boston (Asiyah Jewish Community, Temple Beth Sholom of Framingham, and Mishkan Tefilah). When not recording his own music, like his most recent album – “Notnim B’ahavah Reshut”, Jackson sings with the Chaverai Nevarech Band featured on R’ Josh Warshawsky’s albums. He is the Joseph S. Ingber Rabbinic Fellow at Romemu in New York City and a Learning Fellow at Lehrhaus in Boston.
His two newest adventures focus on the intersection of Jewish interpretation and the creative arts, seeking to bring intimate connections to Judaism across all backgrounds and denominations: intentional Judaica called Hiddur Mitzvah, partnering with Binah Designs to create innovative, tangible aspects of ritual and as well as the Moishe House Cambridge Arts Pod, a community built around engaging with Judaism through creativity.
“One who speaks of the praises and glory of The Divine is like one who recounts that there is a great light [like the sun] that shines in a certain place far away. But one who sings a song of praise and glory for The Divine is like one who brings a candle close from far away...”