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Prayer group uses 'Jam Davening'
for a more spiritual experience

Jacob Berkman

Yoni Stadlin, left, and Davey Rosen say the genesis for Jam Davening happened on the back of a tour bus in Israel, where they and other friends would play Grateful Dead and bluegrass tunes.

By Jacob Berkman

Published: 12/11/2007

Marley and Dylan tunes are just as likely to be heard at the Jewish Theological Seminary monthly minyan dubbed "Jam Davening" as those of Shlomo Carlebach and Debbie Friedman.

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