Batsheva
Canada’s foremost Jewish folksinger!
Biography
BATSHEVA is a Jewish folk-singer in every sense of the word. She is a musician, award-winning songwriter and a concert artist with an extensive repertoire and knowledge of songs in Ladino, Yiddish and Hebrew. Batsheva also writes comedy in English and Yiddish. Born and raised in Toronto, Canada- Batsheva’s been touring the US, Canada and world-wide for many years. She has appeared in Israel for the Israel Broadcast Authority and is currently on rotation on Kan Radio.
Further, she is frequently featured on Raquel Zucker's Yiddish radio and other Jewish Radio shows in the USA.
She is currently based in Nashville, Tennessee and is signed to “The Institute of Southern Jewish Life”. In 2019, The Center for the Performing Arts at Kent State University presented a ballet created from three of her classic, translated songs of Leonard Cohen, in Yiddish, Hebrew and Spanish/Ladino. Batsheva wrote the text, sang and performed live. In 2018, she appeared to a capacity crowd as guest artist of the Cymbalista Center for Jewish Heritage at the University of Tel Aviv. That year, she also appeared as the closing speaker and artist for the “Litvak Days” conference in London, sponsored by University College and the Lithuanian Embassy.
She appears with Elenaor Reissa, Bruce Adler, Adrinne Cooper and others on the Arbeter Ring, signature album ‘Mir Trogn a Gezang’. Batsheva is currently working on her follow up album to the highly acclaimed ‘I, Batsheva, Singer’.
“Don’t miss your opportunity…She is like Theodore Bikel, Alan Sherman and Nana Mouskouri rolled into one.
Spirit! Hope! Humor!
Celebrate with a concert like no other! “


Jeffrey M. Rockland
Artistic Director “Cohen: The Ballet”

Kent, Ohio
“Her songs, her voice, her writing. The audience was delighted.
We were thrilled to hear Batsheva here in London”
Sima Beeri, Ph.D.
Producer
'Litvak Days' London
“Her golden voice, warm personality and beguiling smile enthralled the audience from the very beginning with two well-received Ladino classics…”
The beautiful renditions of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah,” and “Dance Me to the End of Love” resonated with the audience and were two of the many highlights. Clapping, by an enthusiastic audience…”
Herald Tribune.com
Sarasota, Florida
“Canadian folksinger Batsheva is a superb talent,”

New Jersey Jewish News
“Batsheva…a multi-talented singing dynamo.”

Canadian Jewish News
Toronto
“The evening was memorable. Batsheva’s performance offered something special for everyone - clever and funny. People floated out, feeling they had had a very special experience”

Canadian Jewish Congress

Victoria, British Columbia
"A performer of immense charm, stage presence…her lovely voice and profound understanding of her material."

Marilyn Lightstone
Canadian actress
“A most beautiful concert…I really think it was one of the best concerts we’ve ever held…all of us were moved by her voice, her energy and her songs…”


The Narayever Synagogue
Toronto