Jalda Rebling

Jalda Rebling (born 1951 in Amsterdam [1]) is a notable hazzan, also called cantor. She and her parents moved to East Germany in 1952.[2] Her parents survived the Holocaust, and Rebling's mother and aunt were the first to tell Otto Frank of his daughters' deaths.[2][3] Her mother Rebekka Brilleslijper, also known as Lin Jaldati, was a well-known singer of Yiddish music.[4] In 1987 Rebling helped organize a Yiddish culture festival in Germany, which occurred every year into the 1990s.[5] Rebling herself eventually became one of the best known Yiddish singers in united postwar Germany.[5] She also acted in Yiddish at the Hackischer Hoftheater.[6]

In 1979 the Anne Frank Kindergarten in Berlin had Rebling and her mother perform for the fiftieth anniversary of Anne Frank’s birth; the production was shown on GDR TV and sold as a record, and it became the family’s signature production on tour.[2] They performed it at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, and Rebling noted that while “we sang in Yiddish, there was also a German song by Paul Dessau. In fact, we brought the first two pieces of German-language music into Yad Vashem.” [2]

Rebling wrote "Yiddish Culture — a Soul Survivor of East Germany," which was included in the book Speaking Out: Jewish Voices from United Germany, published in 1995.[7][8]

In 2007 she became the first openly lesbian cantor ordained by the Jewish Renewal movement.[4] That year she also became the first woman to lead the High Holiday services in Lund, Sweden.[9] She also led the first egalitarian service in the traditional Jewish community of Hamburg, Germany.[10] In a Norwegian synagogue of Trondheim, she became the first Jewish female cantor who (together with Rabbi Lynn Feinberg) led Shabbat Services and read the Torah in public.[9]

In 2009 and 2011 she performed during the Program in Jewish Studies’ Week of Jewish Culture at the University of Colorado, Boulder.[11][12]

She is now the cantor (as well as one of the founders) of Ohel Hachidusch, "The Tent of Renewal", Berlin's Jewish Renewal community.[2][13] She lives in Germany with her partner, Anna Adam, and three sons.[4]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&hl=en&q=%22jalda+rebling%22&btnG=
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 David Shneer. "In Front of the Iron Curtain". Yiddish Book Center. Retrieved 2012-04-14.
  3. ↑ "In Berlin, stories of the shtetl - Los Angeles Times". Articles.latimes.com. 1994-11-20. Retrieved 2012-04-14.
  4. 1 2 3 Axelrod, Toby (1999-11-30). "New Renewal cantor looks ahead | JTA - Jewish & Israel News". JTA. Retrieved 2012-04-14.
  5. 1 2 Virtually Jewish: Reinventing Jewish Culture in Europe - Ruth Ellen Gruber - Google Books. Books.google.com. 2002-01-15. Retrieved 2012-04-14.
  6. ↑ http://ljlehrman.artists-in-residence.com/articles/aufbau6.html
  7. ↑ Shifting Memories: The Nazi Past in the New Germany - Klaus Neumann - Google Books. Books.google.com. 2000-12-21. Retrieved 2012-04-14.
  8. ↑ "Speaking Out: Jewish Voices from United Germany (9781883695088): Susan Stern: Books". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2012-04-14.
  9. 1 2 "Jalda Rebling". Children of the Wall. Retrieved 2012-04-14.
  10. ↑ rebgoldie. "Philadelphia Jewish Voice:: Hanukkah Miracles: Germany". Blog.pjvoice.com. Retrieved 2012-04-14.
  11. ↑ "Jalda Rebling Rocks Old Main Yiddish-Style". Boulderjewishnews.org. 2011-01-13. Retrieved 2012-04-14.
  12. ↑ "Past Visiting Scholars & Artists | Program in Jewish Studies | University of Colorado Boulder". Jewishstudies.colorado.edu. Retrieved 2012-04-14.
  13. ↑ designkind, Claudia Kaase (2005-02-09). "Ohel Hachidusch". Ohel Hachidusch. Retrieved 2012-04-14.
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