Join us for TBZ’s Spring Fundraiser
Sunday, May 22 @ 7pm
The Healing Power of Music: An Evening with Batya Levine
and Richie Barshay
Honoring and Celebrating TBZ members:
Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett
Dr. Asaf Bitton
Dr. Rebecca Weintraub
and our Frontline and Essential Workers
who guided and sustained us these past two years.
Concert begins at 7:00pm
L’Chaim reception to follow.
Our exceptional shul thrives because of the generosity of everyone in our community. Please make a personally meaningful donation so that we can continue supporting everything that is good and beautiful at TBZ.
Thank you to our event sponsors!
Batya Levine (they/she) uses song as a tool for cultivating healing and resilience in their work as a communal song leader, musician, shaliach tzibur (Jewish prayer leader) and cultural organizer. They believe in the liberatory power of song to untie what is bound within us, and sustain us as we build a more just and beautiful world. Batya is a founding core team member of Let My People Sing! and is a Cultural Organizer with Linke Fligl. She offers song, ritual, and workshops in a variety of communities, and composes original music made of Ashkenazi yearning, queer heart-medicine, and emunah (faith/trust). Batya released their first album, Karov in 2020. Learn more at www.batyalevine.com
Richie Barshay began drumming inside kitchen cabinets at an early age, and continues banging on things worldwide to this day. He can be heard on over 80 recordings as a sideman, and his two self-produced albums: Homework (2004), and Sanctuary (2014). Learn more at richiebarshay.com.
Aly Halpert (she/her) is a young adult queer Jewish musician, educator, and activist. A singer, pianist, drummer, and guitar player, Aly writes songs and leads music and prayer for building community, working for collective liberation, and envisioning different worlds. Whether her songs are serious or seriously goofy, Aly believes deeply in the power of music to awaken us to the loss and hope we carry, expand our sense of possibility, and connect us to each other and our collective strength. Learn more at www.alyhalpert.com.
Anat Halevy Hochberg is a Brooklyn-based musician, writer, educator, and ritualist with family roots in Israel, Yemen, Hungary, and Poland. Anat grew up playing classical piano and dancing around the living room to the sounds of her parents playing and singing their favorite Israeli tunes. Anat performs as a solo artist and with other collaborators. This winter she will release her first album, How can I keep (from) singing?. Learn more at www.anathalevyhochberg.com