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Meet the Singers

Arriving to perform at the White House Hanukkah party

“I would be at a loss if I had to mention a choir that sings with more devotion than Zemer Chai or a choir with a more intense and deep connection between its singers and its conductor.”

                                                                                                            Stanley Sperber

Director, Jerusalem Academy Chamber Choir

 

We are doctors, nurses, lawyers, public and private sector employees, realtors, librarians, yoga instructors, Rabbis, Cantors, entrepreneurs, landscape architects, scientists, teachers, authors, graphic designers and therapists.  Our Jewish backgrounds reflect the American experience — ranging from highly observant to highly assimilated.  We hail from New York, Minnesota, New Jersey, Hungary, Illinois, California, Ukraine, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Ohio and even a few from DC/MD/VA!

Sopranos

Joy Gold

Sue Kassell

Eileen Kugler

Meribor Matusow

Vera Ramaty

Jen Rolnick

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Jane Rosenthal  

Beverly Rudman

Deborah Schechner

Erika Pardes Schon  Leesa Shem-Tov  

Cheryl Troy

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Ella Akkerman

Karen Berman

Carla Ellern

Sarah Fishman

Jeanne Glazer

Maran Gluckstein

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Rosalind Gold

Rae Grad

Lisa Itkin

Tina Levin

Rochelle Rosenfeld

Deb Shalom

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Altos

Tenors

Daniel Eisenberg

Stuart Gibson  Barry Krasner

Jim Perlmutter  Elwin Redfern

Joan Wolf

Jacob Yeston

Basses

Manny Helzner  

Buzz Karpay 

Scott Mezistrano

Andy Swire    

Alan Weitz  

Josh Zimmerberg

Our Leadership

Joan Wolf

Rosalind Gold

Barry Krasner

Jacob Yeston

Rae Grad

Buzz Karpay

Maran Gluckstein

Lisa Itkin

President

Vice-President

Treasurer

Recording Secretary

Trustee

Trustee

Choir Administrator

Assistant to the Conductor

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