Rabbi ZoË Klein
"Temple Isaiah brought Dan Medwin to create a Visual Tefillah experience for our High Holiday family services. The creative imagery was phenomenal, providing thematic emphasis and touches of magic, lifting this multi-generational prayer experience to a new level of engagement, wonder, joy and contemplation. Grandparents and grandchildren alike felt invited to reflect upon traditional melodies in new and profound ways.
Dan not only brought his innovative mind and enviable technical prowess, but his rabbinic training. A temple office is often tense leading up to High Holy Days, and staff is frayed with preparations. Working with Dan on our Visual Tefillah, we were the benificiaries also of his calming presence, counseling, thoughtful questions and insights, genuine interest, and wisdom. He actively listened to our goals and was able to translate them into actuality.
I believe that, especially for multi-generational communities in an increasingly visual world, Visual Tefillah brings modernity into harmony with tradition, unifies a community, underscores a message, and renews energetic enthusiasm for prayer. I look forward to doing it again each year, and exploring new venues to use Visual Tefillah."
Rabbi Billy Dreskin
“We’re finding that congregants of all ages benefit from projected images. Kids think it's cool. Older members appreciate not having to hold a prayerbook and often think the screens are easier to look at. High school students don't come because of it, but once there, they react wonderfully to it.”