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When DebbieFriedmanwrote these words to “Miriam’s Song” 17 years ago at the age of 27.

she was one of a handful of Jewish women composing and performing Jewish music. Today, dozens of Miriams have grabbed their timbrels and, in Friedman’s words, they have chosen to say “hineni”—here I am.

Take Flory Jagoda, for example, a 71 -year-old grandmother who lives in Falls Church, Virginia and sings the Ladino songs of her native Sarajevo.

Or Dana Mase from the Orthodox bastion of Monsey, New York, mother of four children (6 and under), once a born-again Christian who hopes to become a Jewish version of the popular Christian singer Amy Grant. Or Montrealer Fran Avni, who was a popular Israeli performer in the 1970’s and who now (repatriated to Canada in order to be near her aging parents) writes and performs Jewish children’s music.

MUSIC AND JEWISH IDENTITY
“Music is a bas