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Nationally touring music educator Jay Rapoport takes Jewish values and stories and transforms them into ?Ruach Rock?, a catchy piano-pounding style influenced by Ben Folds and Billy Joel. His first album of original Jewish songs, ?With All Your Heart,? was released in November 2010, and he travels the country sharing his unique blend of instant sing-alongs and engaging musical storytelling that gets people out of their seats and rocking! An award-winning songwriter, Jay has shared stages with Craig Taubman, Rick Recht, Kol B'seder, Josh Nelson, Michelle Citrin, Shira Kline and Naomi Less, and he is featured as an Emerging Artist on Jewish Rock Radio. Songs from "With All Your Heart" have been featured on NFTY's "Ruach 5771," NewCAJE's "New Voices," URJ's "Shabbat Anthology" and PJ Library's "This Is Me" compilation CDs. Jay has performed at URJ Biennial, NewCAJE and NFTY Convention and has served on the faculty of Song Leader Boot Camp. Jay honed his skills as a camp songleader, touring clubs and colleges with various bands, and incorporating original music into his roles as Camp Director at Temple Rodef Shalom in Falls Church, VA and Youth Advisor & Educator at Congregation Rodeph Sholom in NYC. Jay studied piano and singing at Berklee College of Music and has a Master?s Degree in Religious Education from Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion in New York City. In June 2014 Jay began a new role as the Director of Lifelong Learning at Temple Sholom of Chicago. His 2nd album of Jewish music, "They Tried To Get Us, We Won, Let's Rock!" was released in December 2014.
Contact JayRapoport@hotmail.com for booking
A Song For You
A Wink And A Smile
All Of Me
American Pie
And So It Goes
Apologize
Army (Ben Folds Five)
Aeroplane
As Time Goes By
Bad Day
Bad Moon Rising
Bed Of Roses
Blister In The Sun
Blue Skies
Border Song
Boston (Augustana)
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Bouncing Off The Walls
Breakfast At Tiffany's
Bright Lights
Brown-Eyed Girl
Build Me Up Buttercup
Can You Feel The Love Tonight
Candle In The Wind
Champagne Supernova
Chanukah Song
Chariot (Gavin Degraw)
Cheers Theme
Chemical Party (Gavin Degraw)
Come By Me
Come Go With Me
Come Pick Me Up
Come Rain Or Come Shine
Country Roads
Crazy (Gnarls Barkley)
Crazy For You
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Creep
Crocodile Rock
Cry Me A River
Daniel
Desparado
Don't Get Around Much Anymore
Don?t Stop Believing
Dreamlover
Drift Away
Eddie Walker (B. Folds Five)
End Of The Innocence
Eternal Flame
Evaporated (Ben Folds Five)
Every Day
Faith
Feelin' Allright
Fly Me To The Moon
Georgia On My Mind
Glory Of Love
Golden Slumbers
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Great Balls Of Fire
Hallelujah
Hallelujah I Just Love Her So
Hanginaround (Counting Crows)
Happy Together
Hero
Hey Jude
Honky Cat
Honky Tonk Woman
Hound Dog
I Can?t Help Falling In Love With U
I Can't Make You Love Me
I Guess That's Why They Call Blues
I Don't Wanna Be (Degraw)
I Saw Her Standing There (E)
I Think We're Alone Now
I Will Survive
I'd Do Anything (J. Mraz)
I'll Be
I'm A Believer
I'm Yours
I've Got Rhythm
If I Had A Boat (Lyle Lovett)
Imagine
In My Place (Coldplay)
Joy To The World
Kiss
L-O-V-E
Lady Madonna
Last Night (The Strokes)
Lean On Me
Let It Be
Levon
Love Is Here To Stay
Lullabye (Goodnight My Angel)
Man On The Side (J. Mayer)
Margaritaville
Midnight Train To Georgia
Mona Lisas & Mad Hatters
More Than Anyone (Degraw)
Mr. Jones Part II (Ben Folds)
My Girl
My Funny Valentine
My Life
My Name Is Jonas
New York State Of Mind
Not Ready To Make Nice
Ol' 55
Old Time Rock & Roll
Only The Good Die Young
One Tin Soldier
Out Of My Head (Fastball)
Peanuts
Penny On The Train Track
Philosophy (Ben Folds Five)
Piano Man
Pink Panther
Purple Rain
Proud Mary
Rainbow Connection
Rehab
Rescue Blues (Ryan Adams)
River Of Dreams
Rocket Man
Rockin' The Suburbs
Romeo & Juliet
Say It Ain't So
Scenes From An Italian Restaurant
Sentimental Journey
She Hates Me (Puddle Of Mudd)
She Talks To Angels
She's Always A Woman
She's Got A Way
She's Like The Wind
She's No Lady (Lyle Lovett)
Something
Something So Right
Song For The Dumped (BF5)
Stand By Me
Stay
Starfish and Coffee
Still Crazy After All These Years
Suddenly Seymour
Summer Highland Falls
Summertime
Sunday Morning
Sunny Side Of The Street
Supercalifragilistic
Sweet Caroline
Sweet Home Alabama
Teenage Dirtbag
Tequila
The Best Deceptions (Dashb)
The Scientist
The Way You Make Me Feel
This Is The Time
Time Of Your Life
Tiny Dancer
To Be With You (C)
To Make You Feel My Love
Twist & Shout
Two Thousand Years
Under The Boardwalk
Up To The Mountain (MLK song)
Vienna
Walking In Memphis
What I Got
When I'm Sixty-Four
Why Don't We Do It In The Road
Wind Cries Mary
Yesterday
You Are So Beautiful
You Are Too Beautiful
You Were Meant For Me
You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling
Your Song