In his first collection of 18 memoir stories, Robert Schoen uncovers the hidden rhythms of everyday life. After 37 years as an optometrist, Schoen trades his exam chair for a storyteller’s bench, weaving together a lifetime of insights from music, nature, travel, and the unexpected “cultural collisions” that define us.
In this second collection of memoirs, Schoen brings a “diagnostic” eye to the page, illuminating the threads of humanity that are always present but mostly unseen. Moving from the jazz-inflected world of music to the quiet backroads of America, as well as to many humorous and absurd foreign encounters, he uncovers the profound in the routine and the absurd in the ordinary. It’s a journey through the human experience—one patient, one song, one country, and one mile at a time.
This is a photojournalistic tour of America told with humor and passion by a man who experienced the best and worst of what our country—and its people—has to offer.
In this heartwarming, sensitive, and surprisingly informative novel, the reader follows the day-to-day life of a modern Reform congregational rabbi as she calls on her problem-solving talents, her empathy, and her faith to help meet the needs of her congregation.
“Written in a breezy, conversational style and laced with humor… delivers precisely what the title indicates. ”
Bossa Shabbat is a Friday Night Sabbath Service in Song composed by Robert Schoen, Composer-in-Residence, Temple Sinai, Oakland, California.
Robert Schoen presents a selection of songs performed by an All-Star lineup.
Robert Schoen has written a wide variety of musical pieces for a wide variety of ensembles. Listen to a selection of some of Robert’s favorites.
There are 150 Psalms, and with each musical setting, he continues to be inspired by the words of the Psalmists.