Beth Schafer's new album

Many remember Beth Schafer when she was the cantor soloist at the Congregation of Reform Judaism back when it was the Congregation of Liberal Judaism. She has just released a new album, stating, "After months (years?) of dreaming, shaping, re-shaping, recording, listening, second-guessing, and ultimately trusting, "Sinai" is out in the world.

"This album feels different to me," says Schafer. "Not just because it is entirely in Hebrew, but because of the musical landscape it travels. These arrangements stretch and breathe across styles I love-there are moments that lean into my classical roots,...