Hi, I’m Rochelle Berman.

Is your child preparing for their b’nai mitzvah? Or would you like to provide them with tutoring in Hebrew or Judaics, such as learning about Jewish prayer, holidays, and customs? Perhaps you’re the one who would like to learn how to chant (“leyn”) Torah, read Hebrew, or lead prayer services?

Whatever your Jewish background or age, I can help you learn how to navigate synagogue skills and Judaic traditions.

Please click through my website for more information about my services and testimonials from my previous clients.

More About Me

I’m an undergraduate student in the double degree program at the Jewish Theological Seminary and Barnard College. I’m a regular ba’alat koreh (Torah reader) and sh’lichat tzibur (prayer leader) at the Columbia/Barnard Hillel and other synagogues, including an engagement as a high holiday prayer leader in Gothenburg, Sweden. Additionally, I’m the music director of Pizmon, the Columbia/Barnard/JTS Jewish a cappella group.

I fell in love with leyning (chanting) Torah when I was in fifth grade, and since then, I’ve learned all six of the different tropes (cantillation systems) that are used for chanting Torah, Haftarah, and the Five Megillot. Starting the year after my own bat mitzvah, I started teaching some friends, and since then, I’ve successfully taught trope, prayer leading skills, and Judaics to tweens, teens, adults, and even a cantorial student. Please visit the testimonials page of this site to see what my students and their parents have to say about our work together.