Bar is a leader of poetry and prayer at the “Pote’ach Shearim” congregation, a traditional, egalitarian, and mixed community in Kiryat Shmona. He is a certified spiritual mentor through the Kashouvot program, a graduate of BINA’s secular yeshiva, and a social worker in the public health system. He also owns KUNE KUNE, a mass singing events company. Bar composes inspiring words and draws from a wide range of sources including Leah Goldberg, Rabbi Kook, and the Sufi poet Hafez. He is grateful for the privilege of living in Hebrew and navigating its various layers and believes in the power of the circle and our ability to live a meaningful life through encounters. His focus is on poetry as prayer, and prayer as poetry. Bar lives in the Upper Galilee, is married to Atar, and is the father of Michael Adam.
Bar Shani
