Shloime Dachs

Dachs was born in New York. He has one brother and one sister. His parents divorced when he was 13. He spoke publicly about being a child of divorced parents at the 88th National Convention of Agudath Israel of America in 2010.{{cite web |url=http://www.hamodia.com/inthepaper.cfm?ArticleID=767 |title=Orphaned With Parents: 'Children Don't Have a Choice' |accessdate=25 January 2011 |work=Hamodia}}

Dachs began singing at age 7Ginsberg, Rachel. "Catch a Falling Star: How do former child stars navigate life after the glitz and glitter is gone?" Mishpacha, April 9, 2014, pp. 160-162. with the Yeshiva Torah Vodaas school choir and joined the three main choirs of the era: the Miami Boys Choir, Tzlil V'Zemer, and Amudai Shaish Boys Choir.{{cite web |url=http://www.smilowfamilytours.com/entertainment.html |title=Shloime Dachs Will Be Joining and Entertaining Us For the Entire Yom Tov |publisher=Smilow Family Tours |accessdate=26 January 2011 |year=2010 |archive-date=10 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110210150023/http://smilowfamilytours.com/entertainment.html |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.eichlers.com/Product/Music_and_Video/Music/Groups/Fried%2C-Dachs%2C-Wald-%26-Williger-Singing-as-Children-Amudai-Shaish-Boys-Choir-SuperStars-_asbc400d.html |title=Fried, Dachs, Wald & Williger Singing as Children Amudai Shaish Boys Choir SuperStars |year=2011 |accessdate=26 January 2011 |publisher=Eichlers.com |archive-date=21 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721223034/http://www.eichlers.com/Product/Music_and_Video/Music/Groups/Fried%2C-Dachs%2C-Wald-%26-Williger-Singing-as-Children-Amudai-Shaish-Boys-Choir-SuperStars-_asbc400d.html |url-status=dead }} He sang the solos on the first 613 Torah Avenue albums.

In 1996 Dachs released his debut album, One Day at a Time.{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0042FIEGG |title=One Day at a Time |website=Amazon |accessdate=26 January 2011}} His introduction to the Jewish music scene precipitated many simcha and concert appearances. He released his second solo album, Acheinu, in 1998, and his third solo album, K'ish Echod B'Lev Echad, in 2001.

Dachs assembled the Shloime Dachs Orchestra in 2003. This band has performed at hundreds of weddings, bar mitzvahs, organization dinners and concerts.

His fourth solo album, Avinu, released in 2003,{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0042FKJVY |title=Avinu |website=Amazon |accessdate=26 January 2011 }} was the first to include an interactive computer video depicting an experience of Israel. His fifth solo album, Hashem Echad, released in 2007,{{cite web |url=http://www.mostlymusic.com/hashem-echad.html |title=Hashem Echad |publisher=mostlymusic.com|accessdate=26 January 2011}} also including an interactive computer video, marked the singing debut of Dachs' son Dovid. His sixth album, Dance All Night With the Shloime Dachs Orchestra, was released in 2009.{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003PSLEDG |title=Dance All Night With the Shloime Dachs Orchestra |website=Amazon |accessdate=26 January 2011}}

He has collaborated on albums with other Orthodox Jewish singers such as Mendy Wald (Listig & Lebedig, 1999),{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0041VFKB8 |title=Listig & Lebedig |website=Amazon |accessdate=26 January 2011 }} Ari Goldwag (V'Zoicher, 2010),{{cite web |url= https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0041XVJYI |title=V'Zoicher |website=Amazon |accessdate=26 January 2011}} and Yisroel Williger (The Yom-Tov Album, 2001,{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00498V4FY |title=The Yom-Tov Album |website=Amazon |accessdate=26 January 2011}} and The Wedding Album, 2010{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0043XZJAG |title=The Wedding Album |website=Amazon |accessdate=26 January 2011}}). He has also contributed songs to Dance Mix (1998),{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0043XRSVO |title=Dance Mix |website=Amazon |accessdate=26 January 2011}} Chazak! (2001),{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0040T5ZB6 |title=Al Tirah |website=Amazon |accessdate=26 January 2011}} and Avraham Fried Live! (2002).{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0045NFQRU |title=Finale |website=Amazon |accessdate=26 January 2011}}

Dachs is closely associated with the OHEL children's home and family services, both as an active board member and as a volunteer performer at concerts for residents of OHEL's community homes.Besser, Yisroel. "I've Been There: Shloime Dachs shares his challenges and triumphs as the child of a 'broken home'". Mishpacha, 9 February 2011, pp. 52–59.{{cite web |url=http://www.shloimedachs.com/news.php |title=Latest News |publisher=shloimedachs.com |accessdate=26 January 2011|year=2003}}{{cite web |url=http://www.campkaylie.org/?q=node/18|title=Meet the Camp Kaylie Advisory Board |year=2010 |publisher=OHEL Camp Kaylie |accessdate=26 January 2011}} He and his wife Libby host OHEL residents at their home throughout the year, including the annual Nine Days siyum and barbecue.{{cite web |url=https://www.5tjt.com/local-news/7710-hundreds-gather-for-annual-shloime-dachs-siyum-and-bbq-to-benefit-ohel |title=Hundreds Gather For Annual Shlomie Dachs Siyum and BBQ to Benefit Ohel |date=15 July 2010 |accessdate=26 January 2011 |work=Five Towns Jewish Times |archive-date=21 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721201625/https://www.5tjt.com/local-news/7710-hundreds-gather-for-annual-shloime-dachs-siyum-and-bbq-to-benefit-ohel |url-status=dead }} Dachs is also a regular performer at Camp HASC{{cite web |url=http://www.hasc.net/success.php |title=A Momentous Bar Mitzvah at Camp HASC |last=Chaitovsky |first=Avi-Gil |year=2011 |accessdate=26 January 2011 |publisher=HASC |archive-date=2 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110702100217/http://www.hasc.net/success.php |url-status=dead }} and Camp Simcha Special.{{cite web |url=http://www.campsimcha.org/camp-blog/shloime-dachs-concert |title=Shloime Dachs Concert! |year=2010 |publisher=Chai Lifeline|accessdate=26 January 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.campsimcha.org/camp-blog/shloime-dachs-concert-and-improv-show |title=Shloime Dachs Concert and Improv Show! |year=2010 |accessdate=26 January 2011 |publisher=Chai Lifeline}} He has sung at the Israel Day Concert in Central Park,{{cite web |url= http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/131703 |title=Singing for Israel in Central Park |date=4 June 2009 |publisher=Arutz Sheva |accessdate=26 January 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.jewishpress.com/pageroute.do/39541/ |title=Unified Jerusalem Stressed at Israel Day Concert |date=3 June 2009 |accessdate=26 January 2011 |work=The Jewish Press }}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} a Hanukkah concert benefiting the CAHAL Special-Education Program,{{cite web |url=http://www.cahal.org/news.html |title=Gala Chanukah Concert Held To Benefit CAHAL |year=2005 |accessdate=26 January 2011 |publisher=CAHAL}} a Long Island benefit concert to raise tuition for a special child,{{cite web |url=http://www.5tjt.com/local-news/5832-the-sheloshim-of-naomi-sochet--an-evening-of-chizuk-january-5 |title=The Sheloshim of Naomi Sochet: An evening of chizuk, January 5 |date=30 December 2009 |accessdate=26 January 2011 |work=Five Towns Jewish Times |archive-date=21 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721201724/http://www.5tjt.com/local-news/5832-the-sheloshim-of-naomi-sochet--an-evening-of-chizuk-january-5 |url-status=dead }} and a yahrtzeit concert memorializing rabbi-singer Shlomo Carlebach.{{cite web |url=http://www.carlebachshul.org/AdditionInfo/Winter2007.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721135018/http://www.carlebachshul.org/AdditionInfo/Winter2007.pdf |url-status=usurped |archive-date=July 21, 2011 |title=Reb Shlomo's Bar Mitzvah in Shamayim: The 13th Yahrzeit |page=8 |publisher=Congregation Kehilath Jacob |date=November 30, 2007 – March 8, 2008 |accessdate=26 January 2011}} In 2009 he was honored by the Chofetz Chaim Heritage Foundation for his efforts on behalf of that organization.{{cite web |url=http://matzav.com/chofetz-chaim-heritage-foundation-dinner-tonight-marks-20-years-of-spreading-shmiras-halashon |title=Chofetz Chaim Heritage Foundation Dinner Tonight Marks 20 Years of Spreading Shmiras Halashon |date=3 May 2009 |accessdate=26 January 2011 |publisher=matzav.com}}

Since 2002, Dachs has been a chazzan (cantor) for the High Holy Days at the Great Neck Synagogue, his childhood synagogue.{{cite web |url=http://www.yicc.org/pdf/YICC_Olympyiccs_2010.pdf |title=Shabbat of Song Led by Shloime Dachs |page=14 |publisher=Young Israel of Century City Program Calendar |year=2009–2010 |accessdate=25 January 2011 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

He and his wife, Libby, have 4 children and reside in Brooklyn, New York.

• One Day At a Time (1996)
• Acheinu (1998)
• K'ish Echod B'Lev Echad (2001)
• Avinu (2003)
• Hashem Echod (2007)
• Dance All Night With the Shloime Dachs Orchestra (2009)

• Suki & Ding Present: Kumzits – The Early Years (1988)
• Kol Yaakov Orchestra - Heartzig (1991)
• Dance Mix (1998)
• Listig & Lebedig (1999)
• The Wedding Album (2000)
• Chazak! (2001)
• The Yom-Tov Album (2001)
• 100% (2001)
• Avraham Fried Live! (2002)
• V'Zoicher (2003)
• Special Moments (2003)
• Sounds of Today (2005)

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• [http://www.ohelfamily.org/index.php?option=com_rsgallery2&catid=53&Itemid=278 Photos: Shloime Dachs BBQ 2010]

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