MP3 Rebecca - Ahavah Rabah - with deep love

Original songs of spirit, love, and hope with beautiful harmonies and instrumentation; very uplifting

18 MP3 Songs
WORLD: Judaica, FOLK: Folk Pop



Details:
Rebecca is a professional singer/guitarist and award-winning songwriter. She has been performing publicly and privately since 1974. She has written and produced two other albums: "Only Time Can Tell" (secular love songs), and "The Light of Shabbat" (a religious experience featuring Shabbat morning music).

"Ahavah Rabah - with deep love" contains new melodies for prayers as well as some original lyrics. Rebecca is a steadfast believer in the power of prayer through music. She writes songs not only for the listeners' pleasure, but to allow people to be spiritually moved and sing along. It's so much easier to learn prayers when they're sung, and this album includes all the Hebrew transliteration as well as English translations.

"Ahavah Rabah" also includes a collaboration with Sharon Katz (of The Peace Train) on "Haderech Lashalom", and Shalshelet award-winners "Y'did Nefesh", "Birkat Haneirot" and Jeff Marder's "Shalom Aleichem." "Ahavah Rabah" (the album) was nominated for Best Jewish Album in the Just Plain Folks 2006 Music Awards, and "Ahavah Rabah" (the song) was a winner in the Best Jewish Song category.

Rebecca started her career in the coffeehouses and nightclubs of Philadelphia, performing original and cover tunes. She also led Jewish kids in song at local temples as a youth group songleader and music teacher. Rebecca then began a twenty-plus year career singing at wedding/b'nei mitzvah/anniversary receptions as well as high society parties around the country, and especially enjoyed performing for Barbara Walters, William Shatner, and Vera Wang in NYC, and PA Governer Ed Rendell.

Rebecca currently works as a songleader, Hebrew soloist, and music teacher in the Philadelphia area. She specializes in worship experiences, engaging people in the power of prayer through music. This includes Shabbat and Havdalah services for adults and/or children, as well as healing services. She also entertains for special temple events, and sings with the elderly at retirement and nursing homes.

"When she leads us in song, her music brightens our worship and draws us together into a deeply spiritual community." Rabbi Phil Cohen

In August of 2004, Rebecca created and presented "The Power of Prayer Through Music: Enhancing Worship with Song" at the 29th Annual Conference of Alternatives in Jewish Education (CAJE) held at Hofsta University in Hempstead, NY.

In November of 2004, Rebecca performed and received an award for two original compositions (above) at Shalshelet's First International Festival of New Jewish Liturgical Music held in Chevy Chase, MD. A week later, she performed at the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) Regional Biennial in Pittsburgh, PA, along with the other members of her musical group, Eizeh Kef (Cantor Elena Zarkh and Sharon Katz). Eizeh Kef is featured on "Shiru L'Adonai" and "V'shamru."

Rebecca has written and recorded songs to help teach autistic children. She is currently head songleader at URJ Crane Lake Camp in West Stockbridge, MA, where she teaches Jewish music and sings with kids/teens, and mentors young adult songleaders.

Rebecca's "Modim" (from "The Light of Shabbat") has been published by the URJ's Transcontinental Music Publications on "Shabbat Anthology III" (a compilation songbook and CD set).

Rebecca performed many of her Hebrew songs on the Transcon Stage at the URJ National Biennial held in Houston, TX (11/05) and joined many beautiful voices on "the big stage" for the Oneg Shabbat song session.

In August of 2006, Rebecca sang back-up vocals for popular Jewish composer Noam Katz at CAJE 31 held at Duke University in Durham, NC. The following night she enjoyed her own stage and performed her original liturgical music. Her "back-up band" consisted of noted Jewish musicians/composers Joel Eglash, Josh Nelson, Kathy Gohr, and Susan Colin.