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Neshama Carlebach

Jul 19, 2026, 11:59 AM

The film about my father is premiering today. I won’t be there

Portrait of Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach,
in a detail from the poster for the documentary, “The Darkest Light.” (Courtesy)

The documentary tells the full story of Shlomo Carlebach while challenging Jewish communities to hear survivors and hold leaders accountable

Aug 16, 2024, 1:58 PM

And so, I begin again

After October 7, I feel a greater sense of urgency to do my part and bring meaning and holiness to our communities

Jan 8, 2024, 9:08 AM

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‘Invincible Spirit’ – The people of Israel live

Our new musical project for these dark days weaves two classic Carlebach tunes into an anthem of consolation and hope

Dec 7, 2021, 5:31 PM

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I’m stepping back from hugs and embracing the mitzvah of consent

Some of my most unnerving moments... (illustration by Avi Katz)

Just as we’re exiting COVID lockdown into a touch-starved world, I’ve had the uncomfortable realization that my family’s tradition of hugging needs to be re-examined

Aug 24, 2020, 12:00 PM

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Carlebach is my name too

Can we hold the gray space of human failure and creativity? It's not only a question about the music of my father Shlomo Carlebach

Jan 7, 2020, 6:13 PM

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Learning to believe again

On this new stage of my journey, my father is no longer the center of my healing process; I now know we each have our own inner work to do

Apr 29, 2019, 3:45 AM

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A prayer to breach the shuttered soul

Where do we find God on days when people are killed in houses of worship?

Jan 2, 2018, 7:18 PM

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My sisters, I hear you

Montage of Neshama Carlebach (Courtesy) and Shlomo Carlebach (YouTube screenshot)

I accept the fullness of who my father Shlomo Carlebach was, flaws and all. I am in this conversation. I am also broken.

May 13, 2013, 6:37 PM

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Beyond the Beyond at the Gates of Auschwitz

An Israeli young woman waves the Israeli flag as she participates with hundreds of other Israeli youth in "the March of the Living" tour which involves visiting concentration and death camps in Poland. May 02, 2011. (photo credit: Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

Miraculously, I saw the light shining on the thousands of people who were there: They entered by choice and would leave freely

About Me

Neshama Carlebach is an award-winning singer, songwriter, writer, and educator who has performed and taught in cities around the world. A winner and four-time nominee in the Independent Music Awards for her most current release, Believe, and winner of the Global Music Awards Silver Award for Outstanding Performance by a female vocalist, Neshama is currently writing a memoir and pursuing rabbinic ordination at The Academy for Jewish Religion.