Rabbi Rory Katz
Laura Goldman
Laura Goldman is a Psychotherapist, Spiritual Director, and teacher of meditation and Mussar (Jewish spiritual practice of cultivating positive character traits). She has recently relocated to the Mendocino Coast, where she has discovered the profound healing power of the river – the silence, solitude, and spaciousness of which allow room for all things.
Melanie DeMore
Melanie DeMore is a founding member of the Grammy-nominated vocal ensemble Linda Tillery and the Cultural Heritage Choir, and she has shared the stage with some of the world’s most notable musicians and political activists from Gloria Steinem, Odetta, Pete Seeger, and Judy Collins to Ed Asner, Holly Near, Ronnie Gilbert, and Ani Di Franco.
Eliyahu Sills
Eliyahu Sills is a highly acclaimed musician of many instruments and deep knowledge of multiple musical traditions, from spiritual music of the Middle East and India to American musics of Soul and Jazz and their African roots. He is a leader and collaborator of many projects, most notably, The Qadim Ensemble, which brings together diverse […]
Irene Sazer
Irene Sazer, original member of the Turtle Island String Quartet, founded Real Vocal String Quartet and Berkeley School of String Improvisation. Sazer’s strong classical training, her experience in a vast array of musical styles, and talent as an improviser, singer, composer, arranger and educator, make her a unique musical voice. http://www.irenesazer.com/ Discography
Michaelle Goerlitz
Michaelle Goerlitz has been playing drums and percussion since she was eight years old. After attending college in the Midwest, she moved to San Francisco in 1980 to continue her studies, which have led to an exploration of Brazilian, Afro Cuban, Venezuelan, and Middle Eastern rhythms (plus jazz, R & B & funk). She was […]
don benedictson
Don Benedictson has been making beautiful music since the 1980’s as a musician, producer, composer and engineer. He began his recording career and company unity gain productions in the early 90’s and since that time has had his work featured in the Top Ten of the New York Times, Boston Globe, and Washington Post as […]
Daniela Gesundheit
Daniela Gesundheit (she/her) is a vocalist, composer, poet, and chazzan interested in long-surviving musical traditions that explore and foster group identity. She has collaborated with acoustic biologist Katy Payne on choir performances featuring humpback whale-style songs and with the Institute for Art and Olfaction in Los Angeles. She was a featured vocalist alongside Brian Eno […]
Lior Tsarfaty
Music Director
Lauren Arrow
