Neshama Carlebach (Hebrew: נשמה קרליבך; born October 9, 1974) is an American teacher, entertainer, singer, and the protégée of her late father, Shlomo Carlebach. Her career as a recording artist and as an occasional essayist[1] has reached interfaith communities and has addressed social issues in America, Israel and Jewish communities spanning the world. While her spiritual origins were within the Orthodox Jewish community, she has also found a community in the Reform Jewish movement and beyond.[2]
Personal life
editIn November 2017, Carlebach became engaged to Menachem Creditor,[3] who is also a singer and songwriter , as well as an activist rabbi in Conservative Judaism. They married in August 2018.
They have a blended family. She brought two children into the marriage, while he has three children from his previous marriage.[4]
Career
editCarlebach has performed and taught in cities worldwide, has sung on the Broadway stage, has sold more than one million records, has sparked public conversation about the place of women in Judaism, the importance of religious pluralism,[5] and her own experiences as a woman. She was a six-time entrant in the 2011 Grammy Awards. Carlebach was also one of the creators of the Broadway play Soul Doctor.
In November 2016, Carlebach was inducted into the Brooklyn Hall of Fame, where she received a Certificate of Congressional Recognition for her work.[6]
Carlebach married noted social activist and author Rabbi Menachem Creditor in 2018.[7]
As of September 2024, Carlebach revealed she was in the midst of a years-long journey to become a rabbi.[8]
Discography
edit- Soul (1996)
- Ha Neshama Shel Shlomo (1997)
- Dancing With My Soul (2000)
- Ani Shelach (2001)
- Journey (2004)
- One and One (2008)
- Higher & Higher (2010)
- Every Little Soul Must Shine (2011)
- Soul Daughter (2015)
- Believe (2019)
References
edit- ^ "Neshama Carlebach's Blog".
- ^ https://www.jta.org/2013/12/18/life-religion/neshama-carlebach-announces-shes-now-a-reform-jew Reform Jewish Movement
- ^ Pine, Dan (November 27, 2017). "Berkeley activist rabbi Menachem Creditor to marry singer Neshama Carlebach". Jewish News of Northern California. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
- ^ Pine, Dan (November 28, 2017). "Neshama Carlebach to wed activist rabbi Menachem Creditor". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
- ^ "Opening the Gates of Justice at 'Hashem's House'". The Forward. January 15, 2017.
- ^ "Brooklyn Jewish Hall of Fame 2016".
- ^ "Neshama Carlebach to wed activist rabbi Menachem Creditor". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. November 28, 2017. Retrieved September 17, 2019.
- ^ "Trailblazing artist Neshama Carlebach opens up about her next spiritual goal: the rabbinate". The Canadian Jewish News. September 4, 2024. Retrieved September 18, 2024.
External links
edit- Official website
- Neshama Carlebach shares her father’s musical legacy by Sheldon Kirshner, Canadian Jewish News, January 29, 2009.
