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Update #16: Song #4

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Funding Successful

This project successfully raised its funding goal on April 8, 2010.

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"CHAI" - Digital advance copy of CD as soon as it's ready plus digital download of 1st single, "B'chol Le'vav'cha"

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"TRIPLE CHAI" - Signed CD + "Ruach Rock" T-shirt + digital 1st single

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“CHAI 5” - Original song recording based on your choice of text or story plus album credit, CD, Tshirt, and single

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“CHAI 10” - Live performance at your synagogue, home, or event plus album credit, CD, Tshirt, and single

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Weekend residency including Friday night service, havdallah, and rock concert plus album credit, CD, Tshirt, and single

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Jay Rapoport has been a Jewish educator for over 10 years in large congregations in the Washington D.C. area and New York City. Throughout his career he has led music education for religious schools and camps and has always sought to make Jewish music more accessible to the community. Simultaneously, he has built a reputation as a talented singer, pianist, and award-winning songwriter with 8 albums and 5 bands on his resume. He has a strong connection with the Jewish music community through Hava Nashira, the Jewish music conference, and has performed with well-known Jewish musicians including Craig Taubman and Josh Nelson. Jay studied piano and vocal performance at Berklee College of Music and is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Religious Education at Hebrew Union College in NYC.