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MIRAJ composes and performs a cappella music for Shabbat, Rosh Hodesh and other sacred times. MIRAJ is an acronym for our names —
*M*argot L. Stein Geela *R*ayzel Raphael *J*uliet I. Spitzer
MIRAJ is a blending of harmony and a weaving of friendship.
MIRAJ offers songs for new liturgy, for meditation, for fun.
Rabbi Rayzel Raphael is a singer, songwriter and Rabbinic Director of the Faithways Project of Jewish Family and Children's Service of Greater Philadelphia and Rabbinic Director of New Legends Creativity Project. She is co-recipient of a Philadelphia Federation Continuity Grant to develop Shabbat Unplugged, featuring musical Shabbat and Havdalah services. In addition to her collaborative projects, she has a solo album, Bible Babes A Beltin'. Her life ambition is to be a Jewish Feminist Rock 'n' Roll star, transforming Jewish tradition with music. Visit her website at http://www.shechinah.com/grr/rabbi.html.
Juliet I. Spitzer, M.Ed. is a singer/songwriter and recording artist, and the guest cantor at Congregation Beth Israel in Media, PA. She composes for, and performs with Theatre Ariel, Philadelphia's professional Jewish theater company. In addition to MIRAJ, she is also a member of the vocal ensemble SheWho, and the musical troupes Shabbat Unplugged/ Havdallah Live and Tof b’Yadah. Juliet leads music and healing workshops in the Philadelphia area and teaches on various topics in Judaism in the Florence Melton Adult Mini-School. Visit her website at http://www.julietspitzer.com.
Rabbi Margot L. Stein is an award-winning singer/songwriter and has produced or co-produced 5 albums of original Jewish music. Her musical play, "Guarding the Garden," toured North America for four seasons, was seen by some 20,000 people, and was featured on the cover of Lilith magazine. Formerly the Director of Communications for the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation, Margot composes and sings with the a cappella trio MIRAJ and the troupe Shabbat Unplugged. She teaches Jewish Ethics at Gratz College's Melton Adult Mini-School, and utilizes the performing arts to teach teens Torah.
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