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.

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 ...

In the years since Friedman’s death in 2011 at age 59, Bat Ella has translated Friedman’s songs into Hebrew, channeling her joyful and prayerful melodies and putting women at the forefront of ...

Debbie reminded us how to sing; she taught us how to sing.” One of her songs, “The Promise,” seems to encapsulate the spirit of her life. Friedman sang, May you be blessed with understanding, ...

From her start as a composer of Jewish summer camp songs in the 1970s, Friedman has penned hundreds of songs for worship and performance. Some, like “The Water in the Well,†are originals.

A feminist, she used her music and lyrics to empower women. "The more our voices are heard in song, the more we become our lyrics, our prayers, and our convictions," Friedman once said.