David Arfa is a Maggid (Mah-geed: storyteller) who celebrates Judaism's storytelling tradition bringing story to prayer services, interfaith events, and family programs. His CD The Birth of Love: Tales for the Days of Awe, contains ancient mythology, old-world Yiddish tales (set in the Berkshire foothills), and other surprises. David received the Charles Hildebrandt Holocaust Memorial Award for his performance titled: The Jar of Tears: A Memorial for the Rebbe of the Warsaw Ghetto. David performed this story at an international festival in Poland, just 2 km from where Rabbi Shapiro lived.