It was a meaningful event, of course, but we had been singing for hours, did they need a video of every minute?
The pale man with the radiant smile wanted to spend an evening by my piano. I never dreamed that he would change my life
I’ve been writing and producing Jewish music for over 30 years, but I’d never received a request like the one I got in October 2013.
“My name is Arye Hershkowitz,” the caller said, “and I’m calling from Yedidim of Kiryas Joel.” He described the organization to be kind of like the Make-a-Wish Foundation, whose main purpose is to lift the spirits of people with terminal diagnoses by granting them a “wish.”
“We were contacted by a young man who recently arrived from England for treatment at a New York hospital,” Arye explained. “He’s starting treatment soon, and his wish is to visit with you at your home for a musical evening at your piano. Would that be okay with you?”
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