Jewish Musical Leadership

Riv has served as a ritual musician with several Bay Area and Minneapolis organizations, including Shir Tikvah Synagogue, Wilderness Torah, Urban Adamah, Kohenet Hebrew Priestess Institute, Congregation Beth Shalom, Jewish Studio Project, and Eden Village West. They’re an experienced songleader on vocals, guitar and percussion, and have served as a shaliach tzibbur and chazzan/cantor for the High Holidays with Jewish Studio Project and Congregation Beth Shalom. "Slow Down", their feminist adaptation of the Avinu Malkeinu melody, has traveled across religious and continental boundaries to be sung in communities across the world. Riv was a 2021-2022 Rising Song Fellow with the Hadar Institute and Joey Weisenberg.

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