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Debbie Friedman Tributes

1,500 raise voices in song to remember Debbie Friedman
Singer-songwriter Julie Silver leads an ensemble performance of Debbie Friedman’s “Mourning Into Dancing” at a memorial concert honoring the composer’s legacy Feb. 13 at Valley Beth Shalom. Photo by Rachel Heller.

February 15, 2011
By Rachel Heller
As the piano struck the first notes of Debbie Friedman’s “Elohai N’Shama,” Cantor Linda Kates paused before the approximately 1,500 people gathered in the sanctuary at Valley Beth Shalom (VBS) and recalled a story about how the late singer-songwriter energized a crowd of Jewish students while teaching them the song.

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Friday, February 11, 2011
LIVE BROADCAST: Debbie Friedman Tribute at Valley Beth Shalom [SUNDAY, FEB. 13]

By JewishJournal.com

JewishJournal.com will livecast Valley Beth Shalom's Debbie Friedman Tribute, "Lechi Lach," on Sunday, Feb. 13 at 7:30pm.

Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Debbie Friedman: She will be missed

by Rabbi Lisa Edwards, Cantor Juval Porat, Cantorial Soloist Emerita Fran Chalin, and BCC Executive Director Felicia Park-Rogers

Composer, Jewish liturgist, singer-songwriter, prayer leader extraordinaire, member of the lgbt community--Debbie touched our lives in ways too many. . .

Thursday, January 20, 2011
In loving memory of our chazzan, Debbie Friedman

by Rabbi Steven B. Jacobs, Temple Kol Tikvah, Woodland Hills

When the New Reform Congregation [now Temple Kol Tikvah in Woodland Hills] was established in 1984, Debbie was our chazzan for 3 years. She. . .

Friday, January 14, 2011
Debbie Friedman Tribute Services in SoCal

Tribute services for the Debbie Friedman throughout Southern California.

Friday, January 14, 2011
Debbie Friedman: Memorial donations

By JewishJournal.com

To all of Debbie’s beloved fans who have inquired about making donations in her memory: A number of years ago, Debbie established the Renewal of. . .

Tuesday, January 11, 2011
And She Shall Be a Blessing

“I am a Jew because in spite of all the hatred and violence in this world, I believe we must hope and live together as if the world were sheltered. . .

Monday, January 10, 2011
Remembering Debbie Friedman: A collection from community leaders

Debbie was more than a singer, songwriter and performer; she was a teacher. I first met Debbie at the third Conference on Alternatives in Jewish. . .

Monday, January 10, 2011
Remembering Debbie Friedman: Rabbi John Rosove

by Rabbi John Rosove, Temple Israel of Hollywood

I have known Debbie for 35 years, since we were on staff together at Camp Swig.

Monday, January 10, 2011
Remembering Debbie Friedman: Rabbi Paul Kipnes

by Rabbi Paul Kipnes

I read on Twitter that Debbie Friedman had died. The Jewish world has lost one of the leading lights in Jewish music. I am heartbroken. Debbie opened. . .

Monday, January 10, 2011
Remembering Debbie Friedman: Chazzan Danny Maseng

by Chazzan Danny Maseng

Yesterday morning, at 5:49 a.m., my friend and teacher Debbie Friedman left the world. I’m not sure what is an appropriate time to leave, but I’m. . .

Monday, January 10, 2011
Remembering Debbie Friedman: Aviva Rosenbloom

By Aviva Rosenbloom, Cantor Emerita of Temple Israel of Hollywood, CA

I’ve always considered Debbie to be a genius – even when colleagues were putting down her music as “camp” music or “just for kids.”

Monday, January 10, 2011
Remembering Debbie Friedman: Rabbi Denise L. Eger

by Rabbi Denise L. Eger

Debbie was an amazingly gifted singer and songwriter. Most knew her through her incredible Jewish music. I had the privilege of knowing her not. . .

Monday, January 10, 2011
Remembering Debbie Friedman: Rabbi Anne L. Brener

By Rabbi Anne L. Brener, LCSW

For years, I would end my workshops on grief and healing with Debbie’s rendition of the Kaddish, one of her early and less well-known melodies.

Monday, January 10, 2011
Turn my mourning into dancing

By Rabbi Laura Geller

My first encounter with Debbie was in 1986 at the Simchat Chockmah ritual for becoming an elder she helped create and lead for the feminist Biblical. . .

Monday, January 10, 2011
Remembering Debbie Friedman: Michele Breslauer

Michele Breslauer

I am a Debbie Friedman Jew. There is no one who has influenced me more in my Judaism than Debbie.

Monday, January 10, 2011
Hundreds memorialize songwriter Debbie Friedman

JTA

Just hours after Debbie Friedman’s death, more than 400 people turned out for a memorial service for the popular songwriter who is widely credited. . .

Monday, January 10, 2011
Remembering Debbie Friedman: Evan Kent

Evan Kent, Temple Isaiah, Los Angeles

Debbie's music provided the soundtrack for much of my adolescence -- my summers at camp and my years as a member of our synagogue's youth group.. . .

Monday, January 10, 2011
Remembering Debbie Friedman: Geraldine Mund

Geraldine Mund

Today Debbie Friedman died and I am deeply touched by this. Beyond a feeling of empathy of all that she went through in her life and the loss of her. . .






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