Jewish Caroling: The Music of Carole King, Carole Bayer Sager and Carolyn Leigh

When most people hear the term “Jewish Caroling,” their first thoughts turn to the myriad Christmas carols written by Jews. Rabbi Deborah Zecher’s Jewish Caroling cabaret has a very different focus; this show celebrates the work of Carole King, Carole Bayer Sager, and Carolyn Leigh, extraordinary songwriters who are all Jewish women, sharing (more or less) the same first name. Carole King's Tapestry celebrated the 50th anniversary of its release in 2021 and the songs are as beloved today as they were 53 years ago. Carole Bayer Sager is renowned for having collaborated with just about everyone in show business and with her witty and intelligent lyrics, Carolyn Leigh has given us some great American standards like When In Rome and Young At Heart. Rabbi Zecher weaves together the songs and lives of these iconic songwriters in a show that Broadway World called “divine.” Singing along is encouraged!

Free and open to the public. Donations are appreciated.

Register below to attend onsite or online. (The Zoom link will be provided a few days before the event.)

ABOUT RABBI DEBORAH ZECHER
For 35 years, Pittsburgh native Deborah Zecher served as a rabbi and often cantor in Reform congregations in NY, Washington, DC, and the Berkshires. She was ordained by the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in NY in 1982, becoming one of the first 50 women rabbis in the world. Years ago, she enrolled in an adult cabaret class at the Berkshire Music School and her love for the world of cabaret was born. She has been a Cabaret Fellow at the Eugene O’Neill Center in CT and recently attended the Il Chiostro Cabaret Workshop in Venic, Italy. Her first NYC cabaret show, ON PURPOSE, a musical memoir, was nominated for a MAC (Manhattan Association of Cabarets) Award and broadwayworld.com award for best debut. She is also a member of Four Women, Four Stories, a Broadway World-nominated show featuring the songs of Jewish composers and the life stories of the four Jewish women who comprise the cast.

Rabbi Zecher is married to Rabbi Dennis Ross and they are the proud parents of Joshua and Sam Adam and Eliya, and Miriam and Daniel; they are the ecstatic grandparents of Libi, Alma, and Yizhar. She is the daughter of Temple Sinai member Rita Zecher.