
Organizers
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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.
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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
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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
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Debbie Fier
Drumming as Prayer
Drums and Rhythms of the Middle East
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Rachel Valfer
Ladino Songs from the Women’s Tradition
Shabat Piyutim from the Middle Eastern Diaspora
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Bruce Bierman
The Joy of Jewish Dance
A Mitzvah to be Joyful: Hassidic and Klezmer Dance
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Bon Singer
Jewish Polyphonic Singing
Jewish Chants
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Josh Wirtshafter
What Makes it Klezmer?
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Rabbi David Cooper
The Art of the Cantor
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Nadav Recca
Celebration Poems in Arab Jewish Music
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Matt Takiff
Instrumental Nigun Accompaniment
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Reyna Shaechter & Isaac Bleaman
A Tour of the Jewish Diaspora through Yiddish Song
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Eli Wirtschafter
Writing a Nigun
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Achi Ben Shalom
Tips on Song Leading and How to Form an Instant Chorus
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Shaina Kaye
What's up with all that sad Ashkenazi singing? Songs and stories from my Orthodox youth
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Eva Lyons
Singing the Ancestors
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Adina Roth
An Exploration of Selichot Melodies
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Dogs
Thank you to the many tiny dogs of Kol