Jeff Klepper

Jeff Klepper is a cantor and influential figure within Contemporary Jewish religious music, particularly the "American nusach" scene.[http://www.urjcamps.net/debbiefriedman/legacy/ "Remembering and Celebrating Debbie Friedman"] He has performed with Rabbi Dan Freelander as part of the group Kol B'Seder since 1972.Judah Cohen, LINER NOTES FROM SNAPSHOTS:

THE BEST OF KOL B’SEDER{{Cite web|url=http://www.kolbseder.com/pr.html|title = Kol B'Seder}} Their melody for Shalom Rav is the most popularly sung in the denominations of Judaism where many prayers are sung rather than chanted.Jim Ball, [http://www.reformjudaism.org/musical-settings-shalom-rav "Musical Settings: Shalom Rav"] 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 master's degree 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.[http://jeffklepper.com/ "Jeff Klepper Bio"]