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About ReynHartsik
ReynHartsik (heartfelt, sincerely), a duo project from musicians Yoshie Fruchter and Rabbi Deborah Sacks Mintz, explores Yiddish poetry, loshen koydesh, prayer and nign in an intimate folk setting. Using a combination of their voices with cello, guitar, bass and mandolin, Fruchter and Sacks-Mintz bring new melodies to the Jewish music canon using intricate song, sensitive musicianship and a sincere desire to connect with audiences. Some of the Yiddish poetry they are working with includes pieces by Celia Dropkin, Itzik Manger, Mordkhe Gebirtig plus a new collaboration with contemporary Yiddish poet and composer Josh Waletzky.
Like Baez and Dylan, the vocal chemistry between the duo is paramount, and the unique arrangements and compositions provide a setting that evokes past and present in perfect harmony.
Reynhartsik is currently working on their debut record with renowned producer Benjamin Lazar Davis in LA, slated for release in 2027.
About Deborah Sacks Mintz
An educator and practitioner of Jewish communal music, Rabbi Deborah Sacks Mintz supports those who seek a deepened practice of empowered prayer and song. A celebrated composer, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist, Deborah has collaborated on over two dozen records with a diverse array of voices in the Jewish soundscape, including three albums of her own of original spiritual music: The Narrow and the Expanse (2020) Yetzira (2023) and Songs from the Beit Midrash (2026). Deborah serves on the faculty of the Hadar Institute as Director of Tefillah and music. Learn more at www.deborahsacksmintz.com
About Yoshie Fruchter
Yoshie’s skills as a multi-instrumentalist, composer and bandleader transcend boundaries. His original music is singular in its questioning of what it means to compose based on Jewish heritage, and fearless in the answers it produces. Among his most prominent projects have been Sandcatchers, a beautiful marrying of the middle eastern oud and lap steel guitar, Pitom (Tzadik records), a Jewish experimental rock band featuring wild electric guitar and shredding violin, and Schizophonia, a "Radiohead meets Rosenblatt" take on historic cantorial music. Learn more at www.yoshiefruchtermusic.com