Let My People Sing

Let My People Sing Let My People Sing! Jewish Communal Singing for Healing and Liberation

09/03/2026

It starts quietly…

Then the niggun takes over the room 🎶🌀

A little glimpse of the joy, movement, and energy we found at the 2026 Summer Retreat.

We’re letting this feeling carry us through this last week of Elul, and into the High Holiday season. 💛

Audio: “Farmer’s Niggun” by Adam Horowitz

💙We are so grateful for the rich, soul-filled time we got to share together at the 2026/5786 Summer Retreat. With the co...
08/27/2026

💙We are so grateful for the rich, soul-filled time we got to share together at the 2026/5786 Summer Retreat. With the company of the pines and hills of Isabella Freedman, over delightful conversations at meals, during the deep learning from our teachers, and while absolutely sweating buckets…We were blessed by countless songs. Some ancient songs, some brand new tunes, and infinite moments of being transformed by the power of singing together. We are leaving with a renewed awe in what we can do, when we do it together. In the words of a participant: “LMPS allows me to feel in a time where I’m having so much trouble accessing my emotions. It allows me to imagine different possibilities for a Jewish future - one that is rooted in justice and allows everyone to feel at home in their Judaism.”

🙏For those who joined us in person, thank you for bringing your broken hearts, your courage, care, and voice to the space  – we quite literally could not have done it without you. For those who weren’t with us in person, we want to keep growing this project with you – check out the link in our bio to stay up to date on some ways to stay connected, and keep sharing music with one another. May we all continue tapping into the power of communal song to reveal the cracks and openings needed to get us through these times. 

🦋Special shoutout to our incredible teachers and concert musicians: Neta Elkayam Amit Hai Cohen Rachel Chang Yoni Avi Battat Anat Halevy Hochberg Leah Carnow Koach Baruch Frazier Batya Levine Margot Seigle  

📷 Photo credit: Jess Benjamin (Jess Benjamin), Let My People Sing! Summer Retreat 2026 at Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center

🌾 Elul is a time to reflect on the past in order to better prepare for the year to come. This Elul, help us collectively...
08/19/2026

🌾 Elul is a time to reflect on the past in order to better prepare for the year to come. This Elul, help us collectively examine the impact of the past ten+ years of LMPS by responding to our community survey.

🌀 As our tradition teaches us, looking backwards is the only way we can step into the future with awareness and care. Your feedback will directly support our future programs

💙 Thank you for being a part of LMPS’ future. As a token of our appreciation, all survey respondents will be entered into a raffle to win $50!

🗓 Survey closes: Thursday, September 10, 2026

➡️ Link in bio to participate!

🎶LMPS is coming to MPLS!This gathering will include workshops, shabbat services, communal meals, community sings, and a ...
07/30/2026

🎶LMPS is coming to MPLS!

This gathering will include workshops, shabbat services, communal meals, community sings, and a participatory concert. Sing and learn with our amazing program faculty, Anat Halevy Hochberg, rabbi dr. koach baruch frazier, Batya Levine, Margot Levin, along with more teachers to be announced!

Amidst the chaos and tumult of these times, we know that coming together in song can nourish and bolster us in the long work of moving towards a world where everyone can live and thrive. 

We’re excited to partner with Shir Tikvah Synagogue for this immersive, spirit-tending weekend. This event will also be co-sponsored by Edot Midwest, Zuta & World to Come.

💛 Nov. 13-15, 2026
📍 Minneapolis, MN
🎟️ Sliding scale: $180-$600 (financial assistance available)
🌱 Kids rate: $54 (ages 5-13; kids under 5 attend for free)

Register today through the link in our bio!

☀️Meet our Summer Retreat DJ: Ella Heron🌀Ella Heron is a musician, land steward, educator, and erstwhile web developer l...
07/24/2026

☀️Meet our Summer Retreat DJ: Ella Heron

🌀Ella Heron is a musician, land steward, educator, and erstwhile web developer living on occupied Lenapehoking. She is currently pursuing rabbinic ordination at Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and composing an album of solo saxophone music. You can find out more on her newsletter: buttondown.com/heron

☀️Meet our Summer Retreat Teachers: Rabbi Mónica Gomery, Program Faculty💙Rabbi Mónica Gomery is a lover of poetry and so...
07/22/2026

☀️Meet our Summer Retreat Teachers: Rabbi Mónica Gomery, Program Faculty

💙Rabbi Mónica Gomery is a lover of poetry and song, which share a common root in Hebrew. She is a co-founder of Let My People Sing! and now serves on the clergy team of Kol Tzedek synagogue in Philadelphia, where she stewards the community’s culture of prayer and music. She was ordained in 2017 at Hebrew College, and has taught Torah and arts through SVARA: A Traditionally Radical Yeshiva, Ritualwell, Yetzirah: A Hearth for Jewish Poetry, the Institute for Jewish Spirituality, Brooklyn Poets, Jewtina y Co, and other organizations. She is the co-creator of P’tach Libi: A Siddur for Shabbat and Festival Mornings, and the author of three books of poems.

☀️Meet our Summer Retreat Teachers: Laynie Soloman, Program Faculty🙏Laynie Soloman is a passionate teacher and Torah-lov...
07/16/2026

☀️Meet our Summer Retreat Teachers: Laynie Soloman, Program Faculty

🙏Laynie Soloman is a passionate teacher and Torah-lover who seeks to uplift the piously irreverent, q***r, and subversive spirit of Jewish text and theology. They serve on the faculty of SVARA: A Traditionally Radical Yeshiva and co-founded the Trans Halakha Project. Laynie has taught rabbinic text & practice widely, including at Yeshivat Hadar, the Academy for Jewish Religion, and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, and they are currently pursuing a PhD in Jewish Studies from Gratz College. Laynie lives in Philadelphia with their family and many books.

☀️Meet our Summer Retreat Teachers: rabbi dr. koach baruch frazier, Program Faculty🔥 rabbi dr. koach baruch frazier, is ...
07/14/2026

☀️Meet our Summer Retreat Teachers: rabbi dr. koach baruch frazier, Program Faculty

🔥 rabbi dr. koach baruch frazier, is a transformer, heartbeat of movements, healer, musician, founder of the Black Trans Torah Club, co-founder of the Tzedek Lab, and co-founder of Black Folks Beit Midrash. A collaborative leader, rooted in tradition, curiosity and love, Koach strives to dismantle racism, actualize liberation and transform lives both sonically and spiritually.

☀️Meet our Summer Retreat Teachers: MJ Gilbert, Lead Teacher 🤲MJ Gilbert has been singing, leading, and composing Jewish...
07/13/2026

☀️Meet our Summer Retreat Teachers: MJ Gilbert, Lead Teacher 

🤲MJ Gilbert has been singing, leading, and composing Jewish music her entire life, from the youth choir at her childhood congregation in Milwaukee WI, to her mentorship with Debbie Friedman as a teenager, her work as an educator and song leader for NFTY in the 80’s, and her re-emergence into Jewish song (after a long hiatus) in the last 7 years, leading prayer and song at Shir Tikvah in Minneapolis MN. Jewish music has saved her life repeatedly, and believes in the power of our musical traditions, in all their depth and diversity, help us make shelter, and to move us to action. After a long career as a social worker and educator, she is now in her third year in the Rabbinic program at Hebrew College in Boston.

📸 Zachary Schulman (he/him) at Let My People Sing! Summer Retreat 2024

☀️Meet our Summer Retreat Teachers: Neta Elkayam, Lead Teacher🌀Multidisciplinary artist and musician Neta Elkayam has ga...
07/13/2026

☀️Meet our Summer Retreat Teachers: Neta Elkayam, Lead Teacher

🌀Multidisciplinary artist and musician Neta Elkayam has gained recognition worldwide as a performer of North African music. Leading ensembles across Morocco, Europe, Jerusalem, and New Orleans. She blends Andalusian, chaabi, and Amazigh traditions with pop, electronic music, and jazz, and frequently appears as a guest orchestral soloist. Rooted in deep archival and vinyl research and a long-standing collaboration with musical director Amit Hai Cohen, her work maintains a clear, self- driven voice that reaches back to ancestral memory through music and unwritten history. 

📣Her recognitions include the ACUM Music Prize (2017), the Sami Michael Award for Social Equality (2019), the Moroccan Salam Contemporary Arts Forum Prize (2021), the American Sephardi Federation’s Pomegranate Award (2022), and the TMM Prize Trophée Marocains du Monde. On screen, she appears in Kamal Hachkar’s “In Your Eyes I See My Country” and Keren Yedaya’s “Mami” (Ophir Best Actress nominee). She is currently a Visiting Artist-in-Residence at Xavier University in New Orleans.

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