Later this month, a film about the life and times of Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach will debut at the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival titled, "The Darkest Light." The film promises to examine the towering and deeply complicated shadow cast by the man known as The Singing Rabbi. Carlebachs catalogue of Hassidic songs has enraptured Jews for several generations, and his oeuvre continues to heavily impact Jewish music and musicians in Israel and the diaspora more than 30 years after his passing in 1994. Whether you know it or not, you have probably heard his work at a synagogue or a Jewish lifecycle event, from birth, to marriage, to death. Its hard not to be moved by Carlebachs mystical voice, his understated guitar work and his message of hope and faith. Read More