Simmi Brodie started painting since she was just four years old. "In the fifth grade my teacher was walking around the room and stopped at my desk and said out loud- "Simma is an artist!" and ever since then I understood that that was true." Simmi was the co-art editor of her school yearbook and painted sets for a show at the age of 15 already in charge of full sets at the Maple Lake camp in Livinsgton manner. She studied art in high school with over 15 hours a week in studio time and then went ...
Nov 21, 2018•26 min•Season 1Ep. 29
Tzivia Kay was born in the Former Soviet Union, Uzbekistan, in the city of Tashkent in 1983, and was raised in a Secular Russian speaking Jewish home. Tzivia remembers demanding for pen and paper and making up songs in her backyard since early childhood. “As a child, I remember dancing around the trees in my backyard and composing my own songs. I pretended to be a singer on stage.” Tzivia foresaw herself on a big stage and knew that she would become an Artist one day. In 1993, Tzivia and her who...
Nov 08, 2018•27 min•Season 1Ep. 28
Leah Asher, an L.A. native, is a Baltimore based singer-songwriter born in 1996. Her lyrically-driven pop songs are an honest account of her life, and she is often compared to Carly Simon and Taylor Swift in the pointed way she utilizes her music to call people out. Much of her emotional drive stems from her battle with lupus, and some of her most rousing tracks use romantic relationships metaphorically for the emotions she has encountered in her relationship with her body and illness. One of he...
Oct 30, 2018•25 min•Season 1Ep. 27
Esther is an artist with international law and political science diplomas who has been creating fantasy and Judaica pieces of art for over ten years. Esther's works of art as a whole are intended to express her belief in the importance of the human capacity to appreciate the beauty and to apprehend the participation of the Creator in each moment of our lives and in the world around us. For placing orders please contact her via: website: www.esthersurikova.com facebook: https://www.facebook.com/e...
Oct 17, 2018•28 min•Season 1Ep. 26
Mikah started out providing fashionable apparel for women who wanted to dress modestly but still wanted to look cool and stylish. Our pieces were engineered so they could be worn in many different ways and were flattering on most body types, these pieces are perfect travel companions. But we see ourselves as much more than just a fashion brand. We see ourselves as a platform for women to feel empowered, honored, and respected. Our Summer ‘19 line, debuting at SFIFW, tells our story and the story...
Sep 13, 2018•32 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Leah Gottfried is an award-winning director, writer, producer and actor, and founder of the production company Dignity Entertainment. She is the creator of the hit comedic web series Soon By You, which centers on young Orthodox Jews dating in NYC and currently has over 800K views on YouTube. Her short film The Setup won Best Short Film at the Washington Jewish Film Festival 2016 and has screened in numerous film festivals all around the world. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuMGWHFZ2BmJmjisxc4...
Sep 05, 2018•28 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Dr. Ruth Pinkenson Feldman is a recipient of the prestigious Covenant Award for Outstanding Jewish Educators. For 12 years she had the privilege of being the Director of Early Childhood Services for the Jewish Community Centers Association of North America. In that capacity, she developed groundbreaking initiatives in the field of Jewish early childhood education utilizing new technologies, traditional Jewish texts and cutting-edge research in the fields of child development and early education....
Aug 27, 2018•28 min•Season 1Ep. 23
At MAOR Performing Arts Summer Program , girls step into the spotlight and explore their passions for the performing arts on a beautiful campus located in the Pocono Mountains. No matter their experience, education or training, girls at Camp Maor have the opportunity to learn from professional artists in the performing arts, including acting, dancing, and vocal performance. Throughout the summer, special guests are invited to teach specialized workshops, perform for the camp and speak about thei...
Aug 20, 2018•25 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Perl Wolfe is a musician, songwriter, producer, makeup artist, and fashion designer. She is best known as the lead singer and co-founder of Bulletproof Stockings, an all-girl Hasidic rock band from Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Born and raised in a Hasidic family in Chicago, IL, Perl showed an interest and aptitude for music early on. She began training in classical piano at the age of 5 and soon began performing in recitals and competitions. She sang in choirs throughout her childhood, but it wasn’t...
Jul 04, 2018•45 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Laura Melnicoff and Esther Freeman join together to bring Kol Isha to the big stages of Jewish Festivals! To contribute to this initiative, go to https://www.gofundme.com/jewish-women-in-the-lineup
May 25, 2018•35 min
Chanale is a singer/songwriter and recent Olah Chadasha. Chanale released 6 original albums, song credits on various Jewish artist's albums, children's DVD's including Torah Treasure's Bella Bracha 1 & 2, and most recently, Parsha Time, a highly anticipated album she wrote 13 English songs for, one for each Sedra in Chumash Bereshit. Like her on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ChanaleSings/ Buy her latest album https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/i-am-the-land/id1274043748&app=itunes...
May 23, 2018•31 min•Season 1Ep. 19
ANNIE ORENSTEIN, Cofounder and Producer of Spotlight On Women במה לאשה From Brooklyn to Ma’aleh Adumim Annie has been producing shows for women in the arts for the last 12 years and has worked with countless performers who are dedicated to performing for women only audiences. Each time she hears a new voice, or sees a new dance or act that inspires, she craves to bring them into the spotlight and celebrate their passion for the arts. She cofounded Spotlight On Women in 2010 to create platforms f...
Apr 25, 2018•43 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Hillel Kapnick is a Producer/Singer/Musician/ DJ based in Monsey, NY. He owns and operates Uptop Recording Studios (Monsey, NY), and sings and plays at simchos as a One Man Band and DJ regularly. Hillel can be reached for questions, comments or bookings. at hillel@hillelkaps.com. www.HillelKAPS.com Clients Include: Organizations: The Chofetz Chaim Heritage Foundation GuardYourEyes.org TheShmuz.com Shabbat.com Od Yavo Foundation Israel Bookshop Publications Monsey Bais Chaya Mushka The Light of E...
Apr 25, 2018•43 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Ronit Polin (Tarshish) has a very impressive, eclectic resume. A successful Writer, Director, and Filmmaker, she has been a pioneer in Orthodox entertainment, with her plays and films enjoyed by tens of thousands of people in over 70 cities worldwide. She has the distinction of creating the very first American film produced for Orthodox women, by Orthodox women, sparking a revolution in Orthodox entertainment and female empowerment. Always pushing creative boundaries, she has the additional dist...
Apr 11, 2018•43 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Talya Weinberg is a published children's' book illustrator, art teacher, and the creative force behind ColoringOnTheWall.com. After graduating with a Bachelors of Fine Arts from The Fashion Institute of Technology in conjunction with Yeshiva University, Talya started her career in the DC gallery world before moving on to the fashion world where she worked in accessories design. Talya found her calling working as an art educator and has taught hundreds of children in the DC area over the past ten...
Mar 21, 2018•43 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Nechama Cohen grew up in Lakewood, NJ. Ever since she was little, she felt like music was life. She was always singing. She started to play piano when she was about 10 years old, after her Dad taught her “Mary Had A Little Lamb” on her grandmother’s piano. She started discovering the keys on her own as she learned to play by ear. A few years later, she picked up the guitar and was hooked. Nechama started writing songs at about 13 years old. Some years went by and she felt like she wanted to expe...
Mar 07, 2018•39 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Aviva Rand started learning figure skating around five years ago with her daughter Ita, who was six and a half at the time. Both of them became enthralled with the sport and embraced the athleticism, sportsmanship, grace and friendships that the sport offered them. Ita was a regional competitor last year at the Juvenile level and hopes to start working on triple jumps this year. Aviva is a United States Figure Skating silver medalist in moves and freestyle. Aviva, realizing how much the sport co...
Feb 21, 2018•39 min•Season 1Ep. 13
The Jewish Mama is at it again with her new music for 2018. In the studio Hendee is committed to making Dance music fused with gratitude for HaShem. Known for her parody "Jewish Mama" and her single "Never Again", HenDee is excited to share her new music with her fans and believes she can get them all to dance and be free while feeling ever so close to HaShem. "I just want to have fun while praising God, I want to use my art to respect his glory yet get my audience to dance like no one is watchi...
Feb 07, 2018•32 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Sarah Dukes started playing piano when she was six years old and composed her first song at the mere age of eight. Classically trained until she was 18, the North Carolina raised pianist increasingly turned to her music and songwriting as a way of expressing herself, and by the time Sarah finished high school, she had a stirring collection of original pieces that made up her debut album, "Finding Forever", performed by world-renowned pianist, Yaron Gershovsky. Dukes was handpicked by Whisperings...
Jan 18, 2018•33 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Ayelet HaShachar, a contemporary women's Jewish music ensemble, features Lisa Aronson Friedman on keyboard and vocals, Shalomis Koffler Weinreb on guitar, percussion and vocals, and Stephanie Rabinowitz on vocals. Drawing on an extensive musical background, the trio blends original songs, unique vocal, and instrumental arrangements, and beautiful harmonies to create sounds of deepest feeling that inspire and uplift. Their music is a sensitive expression of eternal Jewish themes, resonating with ...
Jan 10, 2018•40 min•Season 1Ep. 10
"Rising Stars" segment of The Franciska Show features the next generation of women in the entertainment world. Rivky Saxon is a 17-year old singer-songwriter from Pittsburgh, PA. She began voice training at age 10 with Jamie Fair, founder of East End Performing Arts, and sings a variety of musical styles including Opera, Country, and Rock. Programs Rivky has participated in include ATARA's Weekend for Women in the Arts, arts camp Tizmoret Shoshana, and NCSY's She's Got Talent, as well as being p...
Jan 03, 2018•25 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Jessica Schechter has an MFA in Directing from the Actors Studio Drama School and a Bachelors degree in Educational Theatre from NYU. She is a certified theatre teacher in New York State and has been acting, directing, and running drama programs for over 15 years. Jessica is a professional stand up comedian and performed for a time with the improv troupe "Improvodox", a part of the 24/6 theater company. She came in second place in the Jewish Week's Funniest Jewish Comedian Competition and recent...
Dec 27, 2017•35 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Jezliah is a singer/songwriter/musician/dancer and the Co-Director and Co-Founder of the RBS Dance and Music Academy located in Ramat Beit Shemesh, Israel. Jezliah was born into an Evangelical Christian home that observed the Sabbath. Her father was the pastor of a latino church in Austin, Texas. Her parents and family are from Mexico and settled in South Texas in their youth. From a young age, Jezliah showed tremendous interest in the performing arts and trained in voice, music and dance. By th...
Dec 20, 2017•33 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Raquella grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey, a bus ride away from New York City where she studied at the world known Broadway Dance Center with teachers including Chio Yomada, Efrat Asherie, Luam, and others. In summer 2007 Raquella made Aliyah to Israel and is here to stay. She travels all over Israel performing and teaching hip hop workshops and classes and leaves her mark wherever she goes. She is often stopped on the streets for her acting roles in the Hareidi movies "Sandcastles" and "Zahav". A...
Dec 10, 2017•37 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Miriam Leah Gamliel, originally trained in musical theater, is one of the instrumental producers behind ATARA, organizing women to collaborate in conferences and other projects since 2007 and disseminating its newsletter. Originally from Pittsburgh, PA, she studied and performed throughout high school and college before becoming observant, including training at the Pennsylvania Governors School for the Arts, two years of a BFA, and appearances as Anne Frank, Audrey in Little Shop, and in profess...
Dec 06, 2017•47 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Laura Melnicoff is a cellist in Brooklyn. A native New Yorker, Laura lives in Crown Heights with her husband and two little boys. She started playing cello at age 6, and pursued it through college at Mannes the New School for Music, to a master’s degree in cello performance from Tel Aviv University. Always on the spiritual side, Laura took interest in her Jewish heritage while in high school at LaGuardia Arts, discovering Chabad in her neighborhood of the Upper West Side when she was sixteen. Sh...
Nov 29, 2017•47 min•Season 1Ep. 4
There are many ways to describe Rebbetzen JUDITH GERZI, but unique, talented and charismatic just scratch the surface! With her velvety soulful voice, one that has been compared to some of the great women performers in history (her newest name, the "jewish Adele"), her modest friendly personality wins the hearts of her audience. JUDITH GERZI is a very real performer. She writes, sings and speaks from the heart and captivates her audience from beginning, to end. Judith Gerzi made Aliya from Londo...
Nov 22, 2017•32 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Sarah Zier began her piano studies at the age of three. She added voice and ballet classes to the mix, and soon knew that she was to be a lifelong musician. Wanting to earn a degree and teach music as a career whilst staying within a frum environment, Sarah began her undergraduate studies in Israel at Levinsky Teachers College and the Ron Shulamit Conservatory, where she is currently finishing up a Bachelor of Education degree in music. As a pianist, Sarah has performed in various chamber ensemb...
Nov 22, 2017•32 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Ariella Zeitlin-Hoffman has been playing the violin for 20 years and teaching for 10.She have a MA in violin performance from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. She loves performing, creating, playing violin, teaching and recording. She has been flown internationally many times to play and share her music with people all over the world. Ariella was born in Baltimore, MD and started violin when at around 7. Her grandfather was a well known violinist by the name of Zvi Zeitlin, and he put a...
Nov 09, 2017•33 min•Season 1Ep. 2
