hazzan Diana Brewer was ordained through the aleph ordination program. she leads prayer services regularly at the jewish community of amherst, and is on the staff of the davvenen leadership training institute.

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Diana Brewer

WAS

If IS

Is all there is

Why does WAS 

Feel so real?


WAS laid the stepping stones

Of the path to IS.

But the stones crumbled

As soon as I lifted my feet.

Trying to reconstruct them

I can feel

The tickle of the sand

As it slips through my fingers.

Diana Brewer
Diana Brewer

Diana Brewer is a cantorial student in the Aleph Ordination Program. She serves as Cantorial Intern and High Holy Days Hazzan at the Jewish Community of Amherst, where she regularly leads worship services. Ms. Brewer is a classically trained professional singer, specializing in music of the Renaissance and Baroque eras. She also teaches voice and music theory, and tutors B'nai Mitzvah students.

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