The Franciska Show

Jennifer Rosenfeld believes that building a life and career where her creative expression is center stage is the key to success...and she's forging the way for others to do the same. A leading arts entrepreneurship educator and speaker, Jennifer has worked with professional artists of all genres on identifying and pursuing their career goals and overcoming the obstacles that come up along the way....

Peshi Haas is an established artist residing in Lawrence, New York. Since graduating from SVA in 2005, Peshi went on to have two solo shows in New York City. Her first show was an evening of success at Synagogue for the Arts, titled "Urban Synagogues." The second show was held at the Edmund J. Safra Synagogue and was titled "Architecture: Past and Present." Peshi has also been included in group sh...

Chaim shares his long and painful journey from abuse to healing and finding peace and meaning in his suffering to help others to break through the silence and find strength to rebuild.  

This is an episode from a series of collaborations that the four of us have been working over the last few months. Here is the link to Yael's  episode where we talk about "money". This show is about "branding" and stay tuned for links to the other two episodes will be posted here as they go live. A little bit about the podcasts: Woman of Valor  -Bari was a busy overachiever, but when she became il...

Becky Tahel Bordo  is an Israeli born, Philly bred, Los Angeles trained creator of conscious content. As a writer, producer, actress, and executive assistant to some of Hollywood's greatest, she got her footing in Los Angeles after some "lucky" breaks. (OK, she babysat her way to the middle, and works tirelessly towards her personal "top"). Today she runs her own production company, Go Tahel Produ...

Leslie Ginsparg Klein is a writer, educator and speaker.  An accomplished scholar and author, Dr. Klein speaks on Jewish history, Tanach, leadership and communication skills across the United States and internationally. Dr. Klein received her Ph. D. from New York University, where she researched the history of Orthodox girls' education in America and the Bais Yaakov movement. She is an alumna of M...

A Philadelphia artist who creates colorful works on paper that combine traditional printmaking, mixed media & digital technology based on her love of travel, the mystery of memory & the magic of place. Linda Dubin Garfield, an award-winning printmaker and mixed media artist, creates visual memoirs exploring the mystery of memory and the magic of place, using hand-pulled printmaking techniq...

If you are someone you know is suffering from abuse - please reach out to  https://www.jewishcommunitywatch.org/ To contact Franciska - franciskakay@gmail.com www.franciskamusic.com You can also try Facebook or Instagram and join the Franciska Show Podcast Facebook Group. #NOMORESILENCE #NOMOREABUSE

  Michelle Penn started dancing when I was 3 years old at Dance Dimensions in Fort Lauderdale, FL.  She took ballet, tap and jazz and became more serious as she entered middle school.  At 14, she joined the Fort Lauderdale Children's Ballet Theater, under the direction of Angela Mauti and danced soloist and principal roles, including the Lilac Fairy in Sleeping Beauty and the evil stepsisters in C...

Rivka Nahari has had many years of training and performing experience in both music and dance. She began her ballet training at age 3 and studied in the pre-professional program at the Academy of Nevada Dance Theater where she continued until her graduation from high school. While at the Academy, she performed yearly in the "Nutracker" ballet and "Cinderella" with the Nevada Dance Theater professi...

Fresh off her newly released album,  Devorah Schwartz is one of the most popular Singers to hit the Music Scene for Jewish Women. Devorah grew up in Brooklyn NY attending BY of Boro Park Elementary school, and then her family moved to Monsey where she attended Breuers of Monsey. She confined her education gaining a Bachelors of Science and then a Masters in Business Administration. Devorah studied...

"Yonina" (a combination of names -Yoni and Nina Tokayer)   Nina Tokayer is an Israeli-American singer-songwriter,  known as part of the viral husband-wife duo "Yonina". The two have released a debut original album, "Emet Pshuta" (Simple Truth) and have been performing for the past two years throughout Israel and abroad. Known for their positive music and soft harmonies, "Yonina" create a blend bet...

This special episode is here to bring clarity to a heavy and quite emotional topic for to us all. A comprehensive overview of the issue both from the halachik and psychological perspectives with our dear guests and co-hosts of the "Intimate Judaism" podcast - Rabbi Scott Kahn and sex therapist Tali Rosenbaum.    A little bit about our guests: Talli Rosenbaum has decades of experience in the field...

To celebrate the 50th episode on this podcast, the host of the Franciska Show, you guessed it- Franciska herself opens up about her struggles and aspirations in an episode special hosted by Neshama Carlebach.  Franciska is a composer, producer and podcast host. She creates her masterpieces by weaving eternal words of prayer into soulful guitar melodies. Raised in religious school and in musical ac...

Tziona Achishena has been performing women for the past 18 years. She has produced 10 albums of original music, including her best selling "Miriam's Drum", several music videos. Tziona has performed throughout Israel, across North America, and even has traveled as far as Moscow to inspire Jewish women with her soul-stirring voice. Tziona was blessed with a startling 4 octave range, and a voice tha...

Devra Aviva Seidel is a classical pianist, actor, singer and musical director. Favorite roles include Rosemary in How to Succeed in Business without really trying, Hodel in Fiddler on the Roof and Anne Frank in The Diary of Anne Frank. Devra appeared as the Challah Mom in an instructional video with the NYC Challah bake for kids and played a post apocalyptic scientist in the short film 'Seedling'...

Ricka Razel born in Jerusalem in 1975, to an American Mom and Dutch Father. Raised in Jerusalem with 3 brothers (Yonatan Razel Aaron Razel and Yehuda Razel). The house she grew up in was a musical household where the emphasis of education was through teaching music. Since Ricka was a little girl she studied piano, flute, recorder, and music theory. Ricka went to the hight school Musical Academy wh...

Avigail Gruzman is a London born artist as well as a mother and wife. She grew up in a large family, full of artistic and creative siblings and parents. Much of her childhood revolved around the arts.    As well as doing GCSE and Alevels in art, Avigail studied graphic design in the LCC (London college of communications). In Israel she studied in Michlelet Emuna, a top rated art school for frum wo...

Neshama Carlebach is an award-winning singer, songwriter and educator who has performed and taught in cities around the world.  A six-time entrant in the Grammy Awards, Neshama has sold over one million records, making her one of today's best-selling Jewish artists in the world.   She collaborates with musicians of different faiths, and partners with organizations, synagogues, and churches. Nesham...

Sara Kupfer, founder of Fit Jewess, is a fitness coach with the mission of empowering Jewish women worldwide through joyful movement and fostering a community united through body positive and weight neutral fitness.  She is a CrossFit L1 trainer and HAES advocate, and coaches women and girls in person and online.  https://fitjewess.com/ Please take the Survey  to tell us how we are doing.

Kerry Bar Cohn is a chiropractor, wife and mother to four sons. She has been involved in Jewish creativity for years.  She is known as Rebbetzin Tap, a Jewish children's performer, making 5 DVD and performing all over the world.  She started the popular FB group, "Kol Isha: For Jewish Women and Girls Only" where women sing and dance for each other. She also runs Kol Isha Radio, an online radio sta...

Toby Klein Greenwald has founded, co-founded or directed more than 12 theater companies or educational theater projects in recent years. She is the artistic director and co-founder of Raise Your Spirits Theatre (RaiseYourSpirits.org), in which capacity she has co-authored or authored and/or directed 10 biblical musicals (including three revivals). Other theater projects include the Na'na Playback...

Alexandra  Fleksher  has taught middle and high school Judaic Studies and English over the past 16 years, is a published writer on Jewish contemporary issues, and is an active member of  her  Jewish community in Cleveland, Ohio. She is an op-ed columnist for  Mishpacha  Magazine , and  her  essays have been published in various blogs and publications including  Klal Perspectives, The Forward, Time...

Anita Waxman, co-founder and director of Ceras Health, has been involved with healthcare technology and the development of new modalities that have changed the course of medicine over the past thirty-five years. In 1975, Anita founded and served as CEO and Chairman of Howe-Lewis International, a management consulting and executive search firm. Howe-Lewis serves the biotechnology, medical electroni...

Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt is the Life/Features editor at the Forward. She was previously a New York-based reporter for Haaretz. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Salon, and Tablet, among others. Avital teaches journalism at Yeshiva University's Stern College for Women, and does pastoral work alongside her husband Rabbi Benjamin Goldschmidt in New York City.   Email: avital@forward.com...