For more information, call Rabbi Rafi, (513) 545-4474, or
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The Cincinnati Community Kollel reaches out to local college students through Aish Campus and a host of other activities. Under the direction of Rabbi Rafi Weinschneider, this project provides Torah study, inspiring retreats, Israel trips, and Shabbat dinners for Jewish students on the campuses of U.C. and Miami U. Several dozen students currently spend time each week furthering their Jewish knowledge in one-on-one or class settings. Many others come to seasonal seminars and guest lectures, and some students continue their Jewish learning online, back at the dorm, as well! Programs are also coordinated with the Hillels and Jewish fraternities on both campuses.
Shabbat hospitality is provided. It's a weekly highlight for many students looking for a "home away from home" where they very comfortably explore and expand their Judaism. Many students literally move in to join Rabbi Rafi, his wife Dena, and their adorable children, for the whole Shabbos.
We are proud to have inspired many students to intensify their own Jewish knowledge and practice. For some that has translated into a first pair of tefillin or a first siddur. Others have gone on trips to Israel to gain tools for better Israel advocacy. And twenty-five have immersed themselves in intensive Jewish learning in yeshivot and seminaries!
The college years are a critical juncture in the Jewish identity of our youth. Your support will help us continue our vital work and secure a Jewish tomorrow for these students.
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formed the Pridonoff Duo in 1982, making their formal debut with the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra.
The Pridonoff Duo has performed throughout the United States in such venues as the San Luis Obispo Mozart Festival, the Lyric Arts Festival of Houston, the Shreveport Festival, the Arcady
Festival, the Music Teachers National Association Conventions (both
national and state), the World Piano Pedagogy Conferences, and on series and with orchestras throughout the country.
They also regularly perform in Japan, China, Korea, and Taiwan. In the summers they teach at various European festivals, including the Amalfi Festival in Italy, Prague International Masterclasses, and International Piano Week of Belgium.
The Pridonoffs were featured on "CBS Sunday Morning" in September, 2009.

received her bachelor's and master's degrees in flute performance from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, where she studied under the direction of renowned Israeli Maestro Avner Biron. She was the recipient of the prestigious America-Israel Foundation scholarship for music performance studies. Principal flute in the Academy's orchestra, Hagit has performed solo concerts in Jerusalem, Prague, and Philadelphia, as well as orchestral concerts in festivals and operas around Israel. Hagit is currently an arts administration MBA student at CCM, and her goal is to work in non-profit organizations that enrich music and arts in Cincinnati.

PhD, CCM Associate Professor of Music Theory, is a musicologist and pianist whose research interests include Schoenberg Studies, History of Music Theory, Aesthetics and Philosophy of History, Set Theory, Sonata Theory, Signal Processing, and the Neuroscience of Music. At CCM, Dr. Cahn teaches courses and seminars in all these areas. His articles and book chapters have appeared in The Journal of Arnold Schoenberg Center, Schoenberg: Interpretationen seiner Werke, Schoenberg and Words, Ostinato rigore, Cambridge Companion to Schoenberg, and Opera Quarterly. As a pianist he appears as both soloist and accompanist; in Cincinnati he has appeared with concert:nova.
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