Jeff Klepper

Jeff Klepper is a cantor and influential figure within Contemporary Jewish religious music, particularly the "American nusach" scene.[1] He has performed with Rabbi Dan Freelander as part of the group Kol B'Seder [2] since 1972.[3] Their melody for Shalom Rav is the most popularly sung in the denominations of Judaism where many prayers are sung rather than chanted.[4] His compositions have been preserved in the Milken Archive of Jewish Music.

Jeff was ordained at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion and earned a Masters in Music from Northeastern Illinois University. He was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Music from HUC-JIR in 2005. He co-edited the song section in the Reform prayer book, Mishkan T’filah, and co-founded (with Debbie Friedman) the annual Hava Nashira song-leader workshop.[5]

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