Hi, I’m Rochelle Berman.
Is your child preparing for their b’nai mitzvah? Or would you like to provide them with tutoring in Hebrew or Judaics, such as learning about Jewish prayer, holidays, and customs? Perhaps you’re the one who would like to learn how to chant (“leyn”) Torah, read Hebrew, or lead prayer services?
Whatever your Jewish background or age, I can help you learn how to navigate synagogue skills and Judaic traditions.
Please click through my website for more information about my services and testimonials from my previous clients.
I fell in love with leyning (chanting) Torah when I was in fifth grade, and since then, I’ve developed an expertise both in leyning and in teaching others. I’ve successfully taught tweens, teens, adults, and even a JTS cantorial student.
Currently. I’m an undergraduate student in the double degree program at the Jewish Theological Seminary and Barnard College majoring in Jewish Texts and Middle East Studies. I’m a regular ba’alat koreh (Torah reader) and shaliach tzibur (prayer leader) at the Columbia/Barnard Hillel and other locations, including a recent engagement as a prayer leader for the high holidays at a synagogue in Sweden. Additionally, I’m the music director of Pizmon, the Columbia/Barnard/JTS Jewish a cappella group.
I teach all six of the different tropes (cantillation systems) that are used for chanting Torah, Haftarah, and the Five Megillot. I also teach students how to lead prayer services for Shabbat and Jewish holidays.
For more reasons why clients enjoy learning with me, please visit the testimonials page of this site.
Why Me?
Photo taken before Rosh Hashana at the synagogue in Gothenberg, Sweden, where I served as the prayer leader for the high holidays.