Draft:Bat Ella
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{{Short description|Israeli physician}}
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Bat Ella Birnbaum (Known by her stage name Bat Ella, born at 1966 in Dimona, Israel) is an Israeli singer-songwriter and musician.
Biography
Bat Ella was born in Dimona to Yael and Yitzchak, members of the Persian and Aleppo communities which founded Dimona in the 1950s.{{cite news |last1=Nagler-Cohen |first1=Liron |title=Bat Ella's prayer |url=https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4046629,00.html |access-date=4 December 2022 |publisher=Ynet |date=23 March 2011}}
She grew up in a musical household. {{Refn|name=kol|{{YouTube|zxkQfU0K0dc|title=The singer Bat Ella in an interview on the Upper Galilee Radio Kol in the program of the broadcaster Herzl Ben-Asher}}}}
At the age of 9, she participated in the 6th Children's Songs Festival (1976) with the singers Ilana Rubina and Miri Aloni.
At the age of 16, she sent on behalf of the scout movement, as part of the "Friendship Caravan" band, to the summer camps and Jewish communities in North America.{{cite news |last1=Baruch |first1=Ben |title=An Israeli-Diaspora love story |url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/culture/an-israeli-diaspora-love-story-674528 |access-date=4 December 2022 |publisher=Jerusalem Post |date=21 July 2021}}
In 1990 she completed her studies for a bachelor's degree in oriental studies and political science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. During her studies she met her husband Daniel Birnbaum.Natalia Rachlin (June 12, 2012), [https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/13/arts/13iht-rartbirnbaum13.html In Stockholm, Stretching a Museum's Boundaries] The New York Times
At the end of their studies, the two moved to the United States to study for a master's degree, where they lived for ten years and started their family of four children.
In 1994, she began working, performing and creating with the Jewish-American singer and creator Debbie Friedman.{{cite news |title=A singer from another world |url=https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4913622,00.html |access-date=4 December 2022 |publisher=Ynet |date=27 January 2017}} The collaboration between the two included concert tours in the United States, England and Sweden with repertoire and musical arrangements that connected Judaism and Israeliness.
Upon her return to Israel in 2003, she became a member of the TALI Foundation's network of state schools and kindergartens{{cite news |title=Premiere: Listen to the new song by Bat Ella, a Jewish singer and spiritual leader |url=https://judaism.walla.co.il/item/2828186 |access-date=4 December 2022 |publisher=Walla |date=10 February 2015}} and for more than ten years she conducted "Jewish-Israeli musical experience" programs for children, teachers and parents and produced and managed musical conferences.
In 2010, she became friends with the musician Amos Ben-David and with him she released three solo albums, {{cite news |last1=Bar-On |first1=Jacob |title=The singer who brings hearts closer: "Expected a pious lady - got someone with blue hair" |url=https://www.maariv.co.il/culture/Article-681492 |access-date=4 December 2022 |publisher=Maariv}} including "Lekhi Lech" (2015),{{cite news |title="Singer that is full of prayer": Bat Ella launches a second album |url=https://www.maariv.co.il/gossip/Article-519969 |publisher=Maariv |date=31 December 2015}} from the songs of the Jewish-American singer and composer Debbie Friedman, which were translated into Hebrew for the first time.{{cite news |last1=Gergely |first1=Julia |title=Israeli singer Bat Ella brings her Hebrew versions of Debbie Friedman's songs to NYC |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-singer-bat-ella-brings-her-hebrew-versions-of-debbie-friedmans-songs-to-nyc/ |access-date=11 January 2023 |publisher=Times of Israel |date=15 June 2022}}
In the winter of 2021, she initiated and produced a series of tribute shows to mark the tenth anniversary of Debbie Friedman's death,{{cite news |last1=Marks Eglash |first1=Ruth |title=The Israeli folk singer keeping Debbie Friedman's legacy alive |url=https://jewishinsider.com/2022/06/bat-ella-debbie-friedman-folk-music-jewish/ |access-date=27 May 2025 |publisher=Jewish Insider |date=8 June 2022}} including the performance of Debbie Friedman's songs in Hebrew, at the Rabin Center Tel Aviv, on the American television network Jewish Life Television, on broadcasts of the JMI Jewish Music Institute in England and more.{{cite news |last1=Gergely |first1=Julia |title=Israeli singer Bat Ella to bring her Hebrew versions of Debbie Friedman's songs to NYC |url=https://www.jpost.com/j-spot/article-708948 |access-date=11 January 2023 |publisher=Jerusalem Post |date=9 June 2022}}{{cite web |title=The poster of the tribute show to Debbie Friedman |url=https://www.jmi.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/BAT-ELLA-JMI.png |access-date=4 December 2022}}
In June 2022, she appeared at the Park Avenue Synagogue in New York,{{cite news |title=Bat Ella embrace the golden years |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9FWCxXxEV0 |access-date=27 May 2025 |publisher=i24NEWS (Israeli TV channel)}} together with cantor Azi Schwartz in a celebratory concert that was the opening of an international concert tour.{{cite news |last1=Wild |first1=Stephi |title=A Special Concert Celebration Featuring The Music Of Legendary Late Jewish Singer Debbie Friedman Comes To Park Avenue Synagogue |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/A-Special-Concert-Celebration-Featuring-The-Music-Of-Legendary-Late-Jewish-Singer-Debbie-Friedman-Comes-To-Park-Avenue-Synagogue-20220603 |access-date=4 December 2022 |publisher=Broadway World |date=3 June 2022}}
= Collaborations =
She has collaborated over the years with a large number of artists and cultural leaders including cantor Azi Schwartz (New York),{{cite news |last1=Wild |first1=Stephi |title=A Special Concert Celebration Featuring The Music Of Legendary Late Jewish Singer Debbie Friedman Comes To Park Avenue Synagogue |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/A-Special-Concert-Celebration-Featuring-The-Music-Of-Legendary-Late-Jewish-Singer-Debbie-Friedman-Comes-To-Park-Avenue-Synagogue-20220603 |access-date=27 May 2025 |publisher=BroadwayWorld |date=3 June 2022}} the Raanana Symphonette Orchestra,{{cite news |title=A multicultural show at the Tel Aviv Museum |url=https://www.symphonette.co.il/%D7%91%D7%AA-%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%94-%D7%95%D7%92%D7%99%D7%90-%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%98%D7%95%D7%A1-%D7%A2%D7%9D-%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%98-%D7%A8%D7%A2%D7%A0%D7%A0%D7%94/ |access-date=4 December 2022 |publisher=Raanana Symphonette Orchestra |date=20 July 2020}} Rabbi Benny Lau (929: Tanakh B'yachad), the pianist Guy Mintos, the violinist Nitzan-Chen Razel, soloist of the Nazareth Hiva Tahish Orchestra, and with her son, the musician Nitzan Birnbaum.[https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k7HsLx2tPneZdnC9c2ElBFep30DjRbmbM The album "Tefilati" on music.youtube.com]
Discography
- "Eternity in a moment" (2020) - musical direction and arrangements - Amos Ben David
- "Bat Ella LIVE with Guy Mintos and Simpont Ra'anana" (2020), musical management and arrangements - Guy Mintos.
- "Moments" (2018), musical management and arrangements, Ariel Keshet
- "Lechi Lach" (2015) Debi Friedman's songs in Hebrew, musical production and arrangements, Amos Ben-David
- "Tefilati" (2010), musical production and arrangements, Amos Ben-David
- "Together in Prayer", Teli Foundation (2006), music management and production, Bat Ella.
- "i Pray" (2003), singing, music management and production, Bat Ella.
- "Rhythm Of The Land" (1997), musical management and arrangements, Rami Harel.
Family
References
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