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Neshama Carlebach (Hebrew: נשמה קרליבך; born October 9, 1974) is an American teacher, entertainer, singer, and the protégée of her late father, Shlomo Carlebach. Her career as a recording artist and as an occasional essayist has reached interfaith communities and has addressed social issues in America, Israel and Jewish communities spanning the world. While her spiritual origins were within the Orthodox Jewish community, she has also found a community in the Reform Jewish movement and beyond.
Personal life
In November 2017, Carlebach became engaged to Menachem Creditor, who is also a singer and songwriter , as well as an activist rabbi in Conservative Judaism. They married in August 2018.
They have a blended family. She brought two children into the marriage, while he has three children from his previous marriage.
Career
Carlebach has performed and taught in cities worldwide, has sung on the Broadway stage, has sold more than one million records, has sparked public conversation about the place of women in Judaism, the importance of religious pluralism, and her own experiences as a woman. She was a six-time entrant in the 2011 Grammy Awards. Carlebach was also one of the creators of the Broadway play Soul Doctor.
In November 2016, Carlebach was inducted into the Brooklyn Hall of Fame, where she received a Certificate of Congressional Recognition for her work.
Carlebach married noted social activist and author Rabbi Menachem Creditor in 2018.
As of September 2024, Carlebach revealed she was in the midst of a years-long journey to become a rabbi.
Discography
Soul (1996)
Ha Neshama Shel Shlomo (1997)
Dancing With My Soul (2000)
Ani Shelach (2001)
Journey (2004)
One and One (2008)
Higher & Higher (2010)
Every Little Soul Must Shine (2011)
Soul Daughter (2015)
Believe (2019)
References
External links
Official website
Neshama Carlebach shares her father’s musical legacy by Sheldon Kirshner, Canadian Jewish News, January 29, 2009.