Debbie Friedman was eulogized at her funeral service Tuesday by friends, rabbis, fans and fellow musicians, both in words and through the songs she composed and sang and which transformed Jewish ...

Debbie taught us “Lechi Lach,” a song based upon the Divine call to Abram to leave his birthplace and home to venture forth to an unknown land. In this one simple piece, she accomplished ...

That summer, Friedman sang the song, which she was still tweaking, for a class she was leading at Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion’s School of Nonprofit Management in Los Angeles.

Singer-songwriter Debbie Friedman was eulogized at her funeral by friends, rabbis and fellow musicians in words and through her songs. Her acoustic guitar lay on top of her casket during Tuesday's ...

The life of Debbie Friedman, the best-known Jewish singer and composer of her generation, was celebrated Tuesday by family, friends and fans from around the world who shared tears and laughter, tol… ...

And let us say, Amen. So goes the first verse of “Mi shebeirach,” a song written and composed by Debbie Friedman (with Drorah Setel) and released in 1989.

NORTHAMPTON — There will be a musical tribute to the late singer and songwriter Debbie Friedman on March 5 at 7 p.m. at Lander Grinspoon Academy. Friedman, who died Jan. 10 at the age of 59 in ...

Friedman’s upbeat tune is irresistible. It was two decades since I’d last heard this song; the first few times I played it for my daughter, I choked up while singing.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jewish folk singer Debbie Friedman, whose songs are performed in Reform synagogues around the world, has died in California. Rabbi Elliott Kleinman of the Union for Reform ...

Most singer-songwriters in 1971 aspired to write love songs. Debbie wrote love songs, too, but to God. She even turned the Kaddish into a love song, which, of course, it always was.

I first met Debbie Friedman in the summer of 1969 at the National Federation of Temple Youth (NFTY) Kutz Camp in Warwick, NY. I was a 15 year-old high school sophomore, sent by my synagogue to the ...

LOS ANGELES (JTA) — Singer-songwriter Debbie Friedman was eulogized at her funeral by friends, rabbis and fellow musicians in words and through her songs. Her acoustic guitar lay on top of her ...