Organizers

  • Atid Kimelman

    Atid loves playing and singing all kinds of music and helping others do the same. A multi-instrumentalist, he's played in klezmer bands, led community singing circles, and facilitated nigun collectives on the east and west coasts. He's especially passionate about connecting music to spiritual exploration and social justice, and about learning from the full tapestry of the world's musical traditions.

  • Elan Loeb

    Elan (they/them) is the Music Specialist and Songleader for the OFJCC. Elan received their BA from Cornell University in 2017 and is currently a Jewish Studio Project Fellow. They are the creator of Tzedakah Songs: Jewish Songs for Justice, a project that hosted musical fundraising events for social justice causes. Elan believes that art is for everyone and loves to share the joy they find in Jewish music.

    Elanloeb.com

  • Eva Orbuch

    Eva Orbuch is a passionate justice seeker, coach, consultant, and musician. She is a Kohenet (Hebrew Priestess) in training and frequently drums and sings for Jewish prayer spaces. She loves to support and coach people in finding their authentic activism, designing rituals for moments of life transition, and she acts as a “Drum Doula,” supporting people to build their relationship with drumming, power, and leadership.

    Evaorbuch.com

A huge thank you to the Urban Adamah Staff

Our Amazing 2022 Teachers

  • Debbie Fier

    Drumming as Prayer

    Drums and Rhythms of the Middle East

  • Rachel Valfer

    Ladino Songs from the Women’s Tradition

    Shabat Piyutim from the Middle Eastern Diaspora

  • Bruce Bierman

    The Joy of Jewish Dance

    A Mitzvah to be Joyful: Hassidic and Klezmer Dance

  • Bon Singer

    Jewish Polyphonic Singing

    Jewish Chants

  • Josh Wirtshafter

    What Makes it Klezmer?

  • Rabbi David Cooper

    The Art of the Cantor

  • Nadav Recca

    Celebration Poems in Arab Jewish Music

  • Matt Takiff

    Instrumental Nigun Accompaniment

  • Reyna Shaechter & Isaac Bleaman

    A Tour of the Jewish Diaspora through Yiddish Song

  • Eli Wirtschafter

    Writing a Nigun

  • Achi Ben Shalom

    Tips on Song Leading and How to Form an Instant Chorus

  • Shaina Kaye

    What's up with all that sad Ashkenazi singing? Songs and stories from my Orthodox youth

  • Eva Lyons

    Singing the Ancestors

  • Adina Roth

    An Exploration of Selichot Melodies

  • Dogs

    Thank you to the many tiny dogs of Kol