Marsha Bryan Edelman, PhD

Dr. Marsha Bryan Edelman is professor emerita of music and education at Gratz College. A graduate of Columbia University and the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, she holds degrees in music, Jewish music education, Jewish music and Jewish studies. Her book “Discovering Jewish Music” was published by the Jewish Publication Society in 2003. She is an active choral singer and conductor and director of education and administrator for the Zamir Choral Foundation an organization with whom she has worked in various musical and administrative capacities for more than thirty-five years. Since 2021 she is the editor of the Journal of Synagogue Music.

Yvette Alt Miller, PhD
Dr. Yvette Alt Miller holds a Ph.D. in International Relations from the London School of Economics and has taught at Northwestern University, London Business School, and lectured around the world. Her most recent book, Portraits of Valor: Heroic Jewish Women You Should Know describes the lives of 40 remarkable women who inhabited different eras and lands, giving readers a sense of the vast diversity of Jewish history and experience. She is a contributing author to the popular Jewish websites www.aish.com, www.chabad.org, and the Jerusalem Post.

Stuart Rosenberg
Stuart Rosenberg is a musician, producer, writer, educator, and radio personality. He studied mandolin with Kenneth “Jethro” Burns of Homer and Jethro, comedy/music stars of WLS Chicago’s  “National Barn Dance,” precursor to the Grand Ole Opry. He has produced and hosted programs for National Public Radio and WBEZ, presented live concerts at Navy Pier and composed music for NPR shows such as “This American Life” and for theater. He was a founding member of the Chicago Klezmer Ensemble and was the fiddler for The Otters at Chicago’s Schubas Tavern for more than 250 performances.