A musician, educator, and ba’alat tefila, Deborah Sacks Mintz serves as a resource to communities across North America and beyond who seek to deepen their practice of empowered song and connective prayer. She has served innovative institutions across the country as a teacher of Torah and Jewish communal music, including Congregation Beth Elohim in Brooklyn, the Brandeis Collegiate Institute in Los Angeles, and currently serves as a rabbinic fellow at B\\'nai Jeshurn in NYC as well as on faculty at Hadar\\'s Rising Song Institute.

In addition to composing new Jewish melodies and facilitating leadership workshops nationwide, Deborah can be found collaborating with a myriad of musicians, including Joey Weisenberg, Chava Mirel, Josh Warshawsky, and Elana Arian. A leading voice in the Jewish music soundscape, her distinctive harmonies can be heard on over a dozen records by artists from coast to coast. Deborah’s debut album of original spiritual music, The Narrow and the Expanse, was released earlier this month.

A Wexner Graduate Fellow, Deborah is pursuing rabbinical ordination at the Jewish Theological Seminary, and holds degrees in vocal performance and religious anthropology from the University of Michigan.