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Died On This Date (January 9, 2011) Debbie Friedman / Popular Singer Of Jewish Folk Songs

Posted by themusicsover on January 9, 2011

Debbie Friedman
DOB Unknown – January 9, 2011

Debbie Friedman was a popular folk singer-songwriter whose songs were mostly populated with Jewish faith themes.  She began writing when she was at camp during the ’70s and went on to release over 20 albums throughout her long career.  Her most famous songs are “Mi Sheberach,” “The Aleph Bet Song,” and “I Am A Latke.”  In 2007, she began teaching at The Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.  Debbie Friedman died of pneumonia on January 9, 2011.  She was 59.

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