Rabbi Mark Novak and Renée Brachfeld: Honey From The Rock

A Joyous Evening of Story, Song and Amazing Juggling Feats

P’nai Or of Portland presents a family friendly evening of performance by Rabbi Mark Novak and his wife, Renée Brachfeld, on Saturday, April 18 at 7 p.m. at TaborSpace, 5441 SE Belmont, Portland 97215. Mark and Renée will also be leading Kabbalat Shabbat service on Friday night, 4-17, Torah Service on 4-18 and adult study on 4-19 at P’nai Or, 9750 SW Terwilliger Blvd.

Rabbi Mark Novak and Renée are guests of P’nai Or for their Scholar-in-Residence weekend April 17-19. This husband-wife duo have appeared at over 130 synagogues across the U.S. and Canada, leading services, presenting workshops, and performing for both adult and family audiences. Their recording, “King Solomon’s Daughter”, was awarded the Parents’ Choice Gold Award.

Mark and Renée live in the Washington DC area and have been featured as presenters at LimmudFest in England, Limmud NY, Ruach HaAretz, Routes and the Seattle International Storytelling Festival.

Mark began his music career as a child, singing in a professional Jewish choir and appearing on Broadway in the musical “Oliver”. From 1977-1986 he was the music director of Living Stage at Arena Stage in Washington, DC. His original theater pieces have been performed at Wolf Trap Center for the Performing Arts and The Smithsonian.

Renée has been a professional storyteller since 1986. In addition to performing, she teaches a variety of workshops including family storytelling, integrating storytelling in the classroom and building community through storytelling. Her work has been published in Penina Schram’s “Chosen Tales” and Goldie Milgram’s “Mitzvah Stories”.

Visit Rabbi Mark and Renée’s website at jewishstorytelling.com.