This month we talked to Rabbanit Dasi Fruchter, the leader of a new Modern Orthodox shul in Philadelphia called The South Philadelphia Shtiebel. And for our second topic we’re talking about Debbie Friedman, her impact on Jewish music, and on us personally, on the occasion of her ninth yahrzeit.
Dasi Fruchter
South Philly’s historic Jewish community is growing. She opened a new synagogue to serve it.
By Oren Oppenheim in the Philadelphia Inquirer
Rabbanit to Launch South Philadelphia Shtiebel By Selah Maya Zighelboim in the Jewish Exponent
Debbie Friedman
Why is Debbie Friedman’s Miriam’s Song such a banger? By Molly Tolsky in alma
The Eternal Blessing that is Debbie Friedman by Cantor Ellen Dreskin in eJewishPhilanthropy
The Healing of Debbie Friedman by Jonathan Mark in Times of Israel
Debbie Friedman: My Music, My Story Part 1 and Part 2 on YouTube
Endorsements
Zahava endorses How Seattle-area churches, mosques and synagogues are responding to the coronavirus by Neal Morton in the Seattle Times
Mimi endorses Mourner’s Kaddish by Debbie Friedman, no recording available. And The Shmueli Family: A Cartoon Adventure by Gerald Fleming
Tamar endorses The Price of Dominionist Theology by Eve Ettinger in Longreads.
