{"title": "Torah and Scripture Chanting", "start": "2026-11-02T18:30:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Brooklyn Heights Synagogue", "address": "Remsen Street 131, 11201 Brooklyn", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["religion/jewish/torah"], "description": "Torah and Scripture Chanting is a Monday evening class on the ancient symbols of musical notation that carry the music and grammar of scripture. It is led by Cantor Porzecanski at the Brooklyn Heights Synagogue. This fall's sessions cover the names and symbols of cantillation, beginning with Torah reading for Shabbat and continuing through Haftarah and Megillat Esther. 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The sessions serve as an introduction for those new to this foundational text, as well as an opportunity to refine and develop skills for those with some experience. 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Each course pairs a textbook with weekly evening sessions and requires registration.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/highland-bible-institute-fall-semester-53023/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f409ec379b5c42637ccf7d0bef7243bec5de3087195a716ac708130fed7701a3-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Brooklyn Women’s Chorus Rehearsal", "start": "2026-11-03T14:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-03T15:30:00-05:00", "place": "Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture", "address": "269 4th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11215", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["music/classical/choral", "society/activism"], "description": "The Brooklyn Women’s Chorus Rehearsal is a weekly gathering of a community chorus that sings for freedom, social justice, peace, resistance, women’s history and empowerment. The chorus was formed in 1997 by musician and cultural activist Bev Grant and is now directed by Caroline Kuhn. 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