Mishkan davening team adapts the Sufi chant "allah hu" to Psalm 150 - Halelu. We think this was first done at B'nai Jeshurun in NYC, but we don't actually know. Do you?
I found a 2000 post on a forum claiming the Debbie Friedman (z"l) learned it from R. Rolando Matalon. It just goes to show how quickly the origins of a Jewish song, prayer, or ritual can be obscured, even in the digital age!
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I found a 2000 post on a forum claiming the Debbie Friedman (z"l) learned it from R. Rolando Matalon. It just goes to show how quickly the origins of a Jewish song, prayer, or ritual can be obscured, even in the digital age!
Debbie herself told me this is how she learned it. R. Matalon heard Allah Hoo and realized how it could be used for Ps. 150.
This version of the Sufi chant is, I think, generally attributed to Debbie Friedman z'"l
+Edward D. Saslaw Yes, I think you're correct. I exchanged emails with her publicist 11 years ago, though I can't find the reply anymore.
+John Erlich It is a regular part of the services at Central Synagogue in NYC via Rabbi Angela Buchdahl Cantor Julia Cadrain or Cantor Mo Glazman.
Attributed to Debbie Friedman, z"l as far as I have heard