Sarah Silverberg Email & Phone Number

Township Of Washington, New Jersey

New York, Ny

- Provide spiritual and emotional care to veterans of all faiths throughout the hospital system, particularly focusing on issues of PTSD, substance abuse, intensive care, long term-care, and palliative care- Facilitate spirituality groups for veterans recovering from substance abuse to help improve their ability to cope with their recovery through exploration of their spiritual relationship with a Higher Power in the present - Engaged with a small, religiously diverse peer group to strengthen pastoral care and inter-personal skills in a common learning experience of visiting patients; direct supervision from Sr. Maureen Mitchell

New York, Ny

• Prepare students to chant Torah, Haftorah, blessings, and prayers for the Shabbat morning Bar/Bat Mitzvah.

New York, Ny

• Planned and taught first grade weekly lessons and activities to perpetuate a love of Judaism covering beginning Hebrew decoding, holidays, and Jewish values.• Maintained open communication through weekly emails with families and semi-annual student evaluations.

New York, New York

- Prepare music for adult and family services, co-created creative Yom Kippur afternoon service, managed $6,000 music budget - Rehearse weekly with the volunteer choir; hire and prepare cellist, accompanist, and professional singers

• Write and deliver “sermons-in-song” to teach new music to the congregation, provide new information about “classics,” and broaden the musical vocabulary of congregants through descriptions of liturgical music. • Create and teach new cantillation curriculum for 6th & 7th graders in preparation for b’nai mitzvah tutoring. • Hired first piano accompanist for High Holiday services and coordinated music with him for services. • Teach religious school students ages 3-13; includes tefillah services, beginning Hebrew decoding skills, and music to all grade levels.

• Provided spiritual and emotional support to patients in crisis in the Emergency Department, General Surgery, Neuro-Surgery, Pediatrics, PICU, and NICU departments. 2 units completed. • Engaged with a small, yet religiously diverse, peer group to study inter-personal skills, strengthen listening skills, and develop pastoral care skills.

• Co-led services on guitar with the rabbi once a month for Shabbat evening and morning. Planned and coordinated music for High Holiday services.• Taught religious school music to grades K-6; sang holiday songs with students at the local nursing home.

Bronx, Ny

• Created new iTunes music library for residents’ personal use and for preceding Shabbat services. • Visited and developed relationships with residents weekly to reduce their isolation and provide pastoral care. • Led select Friday evening and Saturday morning Shabbat services for approximately 75 residents.

Wayland, Ma

• Compiled a new songbook with the lyrics to a wide variety of Jewish music using Davka for the religious school to use during music classes.• Led monthly Shabbat morning minyan, participated in Friday Kabbalat Shabbat services.

Waynesboro, Pa

• Responsible for the health and welfare of a cabin of 5th grade girls, supervised daily activities, and helped to create and fun and safe summer atmosphere in the cabin.

Master Of Sacred Music, Cantorial Studies

Activities and Societies: DFSSM President, Worship Working Group• Planned community building events in collaboration with members.

Ba, Cum Laude, Near Eastern And Judaic Studies, Music