Songs for Prayer & protest

a community sing facilitated by Arielle Rivera Korman & Batya Levine

Tuesday, January 7th on Zoom
7-8:15pm EST | 6-7:15pm CST | 4-5:15pm PST

This offering is free and open to all.

With fascism on the rise, and inauguration drawing closer, we know that we need to be resourced to resist and to make it through the months and years ahead. This Let My People Sing! style community sing is an opportunity to gather in community and share songs for protest, for prayer, and for channeling our joy, heartbreak, and rage.  The space will be facilitated by song leaders Arielle Rivera Korman and Batya Levine, and also co-created by all of us, meaning that all who want to are invited to share a song.  We hope to sing with you then!

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meet your Facilitators

Arielle Rivera Korman

Arielle Rivera Korman played violin for Simchat Torah for the first time in the second grade (those hakafot don’t feel any less endless now that she is an adult.) Jewish music has always been a part of the air she breathes. She remembers standing in the middle of her living room as a child discovering that she could belt out the niggun-inspired parts of Fiddler on the Roof most successfully when in character, adopting an over-the-top cantorial-ness. She has since changed her singing vibe quite a bit, but after a l’chaim or two, who knows what might come out? For the past few years, Arielle has been writing her own Jewish melodies and songs, sharing several at Kehilat Romemu where she is a periodic davening leader. She is a violinist, singer-songwriter, and sometimes visual artist. In 2019, she co-founded Ammud, the Jews of Color Torah Academy and served as its founding Executive Director. She has an MA in religion from Columbia University. She is now a rabbinical student at the Jewish Theological Seminary. Arielle gets her inspiration from loved ones, love, pre-colonial Pilipinx practice, the Hebrew language, and every dog ever.

Batya Levine

Batya (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 one of the co-founders of Let My People Sing! Batya 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). They are a recording artist, teacher, and alumni of Rising Song Institute’s programs. Batya recently released their second album, Yivarechecha, with Rising Song Records. They are a lover of the ocean, living room dance parties, and puns. Batya is honored to be doing the cultural organizing work of their dreams with LMPS! Learn more about their music at www.batyalevine.com