Talia Lakritz hails from Milwaukee, Wisconsin and studies English and Creative Writing at Barnard College in New York City. A singer/songwriter and digital content creator known as “nerdwithavoice” on YouTube, her outspoken videos about Orthodox Jewish feminism have been featured on BBC, NPR, Yahoo! News, …
Dages Juvelier Keates is a movement artist based in Brooklyn. She received her BA in dance from Bard College after attending Interlochen Arts Academy. She has performed for choreographers such as Noemie Lafrance, Jennifer Monson, Susan Osberg, Leslie Satin, and Kristi Spessard. She is currently …
Natalia Kadish is a Surrealist artist inspired by the joy received from learning Torah and contemplating the infinite. She received a BA in Illustration from School of Visual Arts. Her art has been displayed in several concerts including Irving Plaza in NYC. While incorporating the realism of her father, Laszlo Kubinyi’s, illustrations she explores mystical concepts and understandings inspired by her visit to the Artist Colony in Tzfat, Israel. Her goal is to reveal the love in hearts and share her inspiration with all. “Through art, I attempt to grasp the infinite, to embrace and expose its beauty. My illustrations are symbolic lessons I have learned through my experiences. The motivation behind my artistic expression is one of joyful universality. My goal in each piece of art is to take the viewer on a personal mini-journey bringing the viewer to an experience of the awakening and revealing the love of life that is with in. Every one has a unique love of life animating them. This needs to be revealed in order to spread inspiration. To take these physical aspects of reality and apply them to their spiritual counterpart shows that life, and these objects, are not mundane; they truly are miracles of creation. I want the viewer to be inspired not just by my art, but by life itself.”
DeDe Jacobs-Komisar is originally from Baltimore, where she co-founded the Jewish Theatre Workshop and ran JTTV Live!, an interactive teen theater program. While living in Israel, DeDe founded and led BamatMabat Theater Company and appeared in productions of Center Stage Theater and Jerusalem English-Speaking Theater. …
Penina (Paula) Jacobs is originally from Los Angeles, where she began acting at the age of six. After various roles in theater and television in the United States and Canada, she became involved in theater for young audiences in 1989 though her work as a …
Infinite Light is a women’s band which seeks to spread the teachings of Light and love throughout the land, spread joy and light and inspire women all over to reach inside themselves and express their amazing talents, creativity, and inner beauty. Our songs are Inspired by The Lubavitcher Rebbe, and the teachings of Chabad Chasidus. We strive to make the world a better place through our music, and we hope that it will aid to hasten the era of Ultimate Peace, Imminently! Sprintza Blumenthal/Paz Cadaner/Deborah Melamed** – Vocals, Rivki Kumer –Piano, Dana Pestun – Violin.
Tamar Guterson is from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She has studied piano and is currently studying voice and she loves music and acting. Tamar has appeared in numerous films including “Becoming Rachel” and “The Keystone.”
Miriam Greeberger started taking belly dance classes in a local gym 8 years ago. She loved everything about it the music, the costumes and the moves, and took the classes very seriously. This led to finding out where there were more classes available and attending …
Esther Freeman is an accomplished performer who brings incredible energy, a beautiful voice, powerful stage presence, creative song-writing and true meaning to the stage. Born and raised in Miami Florida as the 5th child to a Lubavitch family of 7, Esther displayed musical ability at a young age and portrayed a real desire to inspire. Having refused an option to become a singer on the radio at 14, Esther was not detered from her musical aspirations and decided to use it as a means to bringing others closer to Judaism. She began composing music and writing her own lyrics, accompanying herself on guitar and piano over 10 years ago. Since then, Esther has electrified audiences across the globe, in Amsterdam, London, Sweden, and throughout the United States. Esther’s music ranges from slow soulful ballads to high-energy songs and are accompanied by personal stories and deep Jewish concepts bound to capture, inspire and warm the hearts of her audience. What unites all of her songs are the meaningful lyrics that reflect her desire to share the beauty of Judaism with the world.
Myra Estelle is an English born songwriter, author, teacher, and mother of two sons, as well as a trained architect. Her songs come from her understanding of our spiritual yearnings, and the need for love within each one of us. Her two books are called: …
Rivka Fenton is a young singer song-writer born in California to a Chabad family on Shlichus. Rivka started composing music on guitar at the tender age of 15. Her music is folksy and mystical. Her songs integrate deep kabbalistic concepts while at the same time …
Sarah started playing piano when she was six years old and composed her first song—a playfully dramatic number called “Elephant in Tights”—at the mere age of eight. Classically trained until she was 18, the North Carolina raised pianist increasingly turned to music and songwriting as a way of expressing herself, and by the time Sarah finished high school in Pittsburgh, PA, she had a stirring collection of original pieces that now make up her debut album, “Finding Forever.” A completely self-taught composer, Sarah focused on enhancing her skills while studying at New York’s Yeshiva University. Working with professor of music and composer Christopher Buchenholz, her prowess in composing music began to cement. As a result, Sarah suddenly found herself writing music that exceeded even her own technical mastery. Unwilling to sacrifice the perfect execution of her songs for her debut album, she turned to world renown pianist, composer, and musical director Yaron Gershovsky, who performed and preserved the exact emotions and sound in Sarah’s mind. Sarah’s songs “The Memory that Lives On” and “If Only” won awards in the Performing Arts Senior Division for the Pittsburgh JCC’s Annual Holocaust Arts and Writing Competition. Jewish Educational Media has used her resonating songs “Star Catcher” and “Wings of a Butterfly” to infuse emotion into two of their popular documentaries. Sarah’s piano solos offer listeners soothing, melodic arrangements bursting with an emotional energy that is unmistakably straight from the heart. “Finding Forever” can be found in many Judaica stores nationwide and are also available from Sarah’s website. You can also stay updated on new music by joining Sarah’s facebook fanpage.
Shira Dahan is the co-founder of a music and dance program for girls in Lakewood, NJ called Kulanu Nashir. Kulanu Nashir is still running successfully by Dahan’s partner, Esther Malka Bock, but Dahan has moved to New York and trained with Malky Giniger, for whom …
Chana Laila is a cutting-edge singer-songwriter and inspiring instrumentalist who plays flute, guitar, and percussion. She performs her original Jewish music and leads drumming workshops nationally and internationally for women’s audiences. Originally from the NYC area and currently living in western MA, her debut album …
Bulletproof Stockings is a new Jewish Rock band, formed in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, December of 2011. The group is composed of vocalist and pianist Perl Wolfe & drummer Dalia G. Shusterman. They make music exclusively for women. Bulletproof Stockings released their first single, Frigid City, December 18th and are coming out with an EP album March 1st. Check out Bulletproof Stockings’ band page on facebook for music & tour dates.
Born in the former Soviet Union, Yaffa Borukhova moved to the United States with her family in 1991. She received her bachelor of music in vocal perfomance from the University of Denver, Lamont School of Music, followed by advanced studies in vocal performance at Accademia …
Esther Berger has been actively involved in music since I was six years old when I first began playing piano. I took up guitar when I was ten and recently spent a year learning vocal technique with a Julliard trained instructor. I have been writing …
Elana Bell has been singing since before she could speak. Her first memories are of harmonizing to 1950’s songs around the campfire with her parents in the woods of northern California. Elana has continued to use voice as her primary means of creative self-expression and communication, pursuing theatre, poetry, and song. In 2001, Elana performed at the National Black Theater Festival in Minus One, an educational musical about violence in teen relationships. In 2004 Elana was selected as the winner of the Stephen Dunn Poetry Award. A resident artist with the louderARTS Project, Elana has been a featured poet at Bar 13, the NuYorican Poets Cafe, Hunter College, Teachers and Writers Collaborative, The Bowery Poetry Club, Cornelia Street Café, and at the Indian Institute for Advanced Studies in Simla, India. Currently, Elana serves as the writer-in-residence for the Bronx Academy of Letters and sings in the women’s world music trio, Saheli.
Gayle Ashkenazy, Classical Pianist. Gayle studied piano at the Juilliard School Pre-College Division, Eastman School of Music and the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music. Past appearances include solo piano and chamber music performances for Festival Miami, the 92nd Street Y, The Lucy Moses …
Dena Abergel, Principal dancer NYC Ballet. Dena began dancing at the age of 4. She grew up in Englewood, New Jersey, where she studied ballet with Dorit Koppel until the age of 13. She attended the School of American Ballet until she was invited to …
Devorah Zonenberg is a passionate singer, and native Baltimorean, who returned in 2003 to Baltimore after living in LA for six years and having three beautiful children. It was a dream of mine to become a singer and connect with people in a meaningful way on a grander level. In addition to being professionally trained by a professor in college, I was exposed to a culture of artists in L. A. which gave me the confidence to come here and perform in a way I had only dreamed about. Since that time, I have done three concerts here as benefit concerts and formed a musical group called Shiras Devorah which actually performed at this stage. I am grateful to combine my love of people and music together with a career in social work. I work full time as a social worker in the Baltimore City Public Schools. I am delighted to be part of this event.
Dahlia Topolosky is wife and mother, musician and psychologist, and Rebbetzin of Beth Joshua Congregation in Rockville, MD. Dahlia is a licensed psychologist, with a doctorate from the combined school-clinical program at the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology. Dahlia also enjoys singing, playing guitar, and …
Elena Tal made her debut at the Victoria International Festival in British Columbia, where she studied voice with her first teacher, Gaelyne Gabora. She studied opera with Carol Mastrodomenico at Tufts University, and has performed both nationally and internationally, at venues including the Italian International …
Commended in the British and American press as an “exciting musician of tremendous depth”, pianist Andrea Sokol-Albert has performed extensively as recital/concerto soloist and collaborative artist. Solo appearances include the Phillips Collection (Washington, D.C.), two appearances on the Dame Myra Hess Series (Chicago Cultural Center), and the Manchester Mid-day Recital Series (Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, England). Concerto appearances in the United States include the National Symphony Orchestra (Kennedy Center) and broadcasts include National Public Radio. Dr. Sokol-Albert is currently a contributing faculty member in piano at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
Dr. Mark Singer, DMA, received his Master’s Degree in Music from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University where he was concertmaster of the orchestra and a violin student of Berl Senofsky. Dr. Singer was a member of the Kennedy Center Opera Orchestra and …
Rivki Silver began studying piano at the age of seven and clarinet at ten. She received her Bachelor’s in Music Performance from Truman State University in 2003, where she was principle clarinet of the Orchestra and Wind Symphony, and also studied flute, jazz, and composition. …
Devra Aviva Seidel is a classical pianist, actor, singer and musical director. Favorite roles include Rosemary in How to Succeed in Business without really trying, Hodel in Fiddler on the Roof, Anne Frank in A Diary of Anne Frank and Elizabeth Lavenza in Eric Sirota’s ‘Day of Wrath’ with Emerging Artists Theatre. Devra recently appeared as a ‘Challah Mom’ in an instructional video for a Challah bake in New York, sang in an original duo cabaret at The Metropolitan Room and with The Gallery Players production of Gypsy. Ms. Seidel is currently the musical director for Kids Company Showcase with the West Side YMCA in Manhattan, teaches Glee at Manhattan School for Children and is an active accompanist and chamber musician. Devra has a Bachelors’ of Music from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and a Masters’ of Music from the Manhattan School of Music.
Rivky Saxon (JUNIOR) is 16 years old, been singing before I could speak, and have been taking voice training for the past six years with Jamie Fair, founder of East End Performing Arts. I sing everything from Opera to Country, and Rock to Rap. I …
After taking private voice lessons for 2 years, Abby attended Montgomery College as a Classical Vocal major. Two years later, she attended the University of Miami and switched her major to Jazz Vocal. On a summer break from school, Abby auditioned as a singer to …
Esther Newman received her Master’s degree in Flute Performance from Northwestern University School of Music and her B.A. in Music from the Oberlin Conservatory. She has specialized in Baroque performance practice on the 17th century wooden flute and recorders, appearing on the faculty concerts at the Baroque Performance Institute at Oberlin and for three summers at the Festival of Baroque music in Saratoga Springs, New York. In addition to these credits, she was also on the faculty of North Park College in Chicago for two years before her move to the west coast and she has performed in a variety of chamber music concerts in Chicago, Los Angeles & Baltimore. Esther is the co-founder and manager of The Baltimore Women’s Orchestra.
Tzirel Mitzman was born into a musical family. Tzirel began singing and writing poetry as a young child, leading naturally into songwriting. She began performing her own original music over 20 years ago. At first, her performances were small and local as she was raising …
Classically trained, Shoshana Michel started playing piano at the age of seven and professionally at seventeen. She has a musical repertoire that spans a variety of genres and has performed at venues including Knott’s Berry Farm, The Olde Town Mall and The Galleria at South …
Lisie Michel is a freelance ballet dancer in Boston. After a several-year hiatus from performing, Lisie was thrilled to return to the stage upon finding a ballet company that would accommodate a shomer shabbat dancer. Her most recent performance was in the Urban Nutcracker, where she danced the leading role of Sugar Plum Fairy. Lisie attended Walnut Hill School, a high school for the arts, where she majored in ballet. She also trained in summer intensives at Washington Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, and Chautauqua Ballet. In addition to ballet, Lisie enjoys training in the circus arts disciplines of partner acrobatics, contortion, and aerial silks. Lisie has collaborated with visual artists, photographers, and musicians, and is always seeking out new interdisciplinary arts projects. Lisie earned her BS and MS in Computer Science from Vanderbilt University and currently works as a Software Engineer at Google.
Giliah Litwack is a Maryland artist and poet who uses bold lines and vigorous color to tell stories, usually executed in ink and watercolor. She often uses both words and images to complement each other and convey an emotion, tell a tale, or express a …
Fraidel Leah Kletter Until age 16 Fraidel Leah was fully self-taught in piano and composition. She gave her first public performance at the age of 14, performing the first movement of the Schumann Piano Concerto with the Livingston High School Orchestra. At Rutgers University, Fraidel …
Jamie Eisenberg Katz is co-chair of the firm’s Business and Commercial Transactions group and a member of the firm’s Sports Franchise and Media Rights Law group. Ms. Katz has represented business and its owners across various industries on life-cycle issues from entity formation stage, navigation of operational arrangements and contracts during its growth. Notable arts representations: as counsel to entertainment related enterprises, Katz has handled transactional and contractual legal matters affecting all aspects of the entertainment industry, such as advertising and media, radio and telecast broadcasting agreements, intellectual property licensing agreements and trademark matters, employment and talent agreements.
Canadian-born international cellist Andrea Grinberg made her soloist debut with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra at age fourteen. Since then she has been a featured soloist with the Wilfrid Laurier University Symphony Orchestra, and the Kitchener Waterloo Symphony Orchestra, and has won a number of competitions …
Miri Gottlieb was raised in a musical home and began studying piano at the age of five. She began her music career as a music counselor and a choir director at a summer camp for girls between her years of high school. While studying in …
Deborah Gallant is a New York City-based business coach, dynamic speaker, teacher and workshop facilitator who helps make business topics interesting and valuable. Her lively style, peppered with humor and real-life stories, wins her rave reviews and she has been described as “Carol Burnett with an MBA.” She is a frequent presenter for the Jewish Women Entrepreneurs national and local chapters. Deborah holds a BA from Brandeis University and an MBA from Columbia University Graduate School of Business. Her work background is in advertising and radio and she was an early Internet pioneer and author. Since 2002, Deborah has worked with hundreds of small business owners and service professionals including doctors, attorneys, accountants, coaches and consultants, helping them create thriving, successful enterprises. Her full biography is available on her website.
Stella Filler performs with over 50 years experience of miming. Born in Tangier, Morocco, she spent much of her youth studying and performing ballet, as well as Spanish dance. With time, she moved to Israel and took her dancing talent to the field of mime. …