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September 23, 2013

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My story 1: What’s in a name?

Today I go by the name: Rahel (pronounced RAH-CKHEL). That’s Hebrew for ‘Rachel’. I was born Ann Rachel Silverman. “Silverman” was originally “Zylberkant”. My brother, who currently lives in Israel, learned that: “In Poland, it was Zylberkant. The family mythos was that it was changed at Ellis Island, but my Dad found the records and it turns out that my grandfather changed it during his first few years in the states. Zylber means silver and kant (in German) means edge, which doesn't make a lot of sense. It has some nice poetic finesse of finding the silver lining, but how someone would come to be named that is confusing. My Dad recently found out that it could be a regional variation of kunst which means art or artisan, which makes a lot of sense if one of my ancestors worked in silver.” I was given the Hebrew name, ‘(Chana) Rahel’, and the Yiddish name “Raizele Ratza”. I’ve been told that Raizele was a young child, a relative on my dad’s side, who, together with most of her famil

A Very Special Person

This is why I absolutely LOVE "street" venues. This little girl was visiting the Farmer's Market and, after watching me sing for a bit, she inched closer and closer to me until she was standing beside me. I could see she really wanted to sing too. I gave her the mic and we began to sing together. My heart was warmed. Thank you Lia for being such a very special person.

Whisper by the Sea /Lachash al haYam (feat. Mikial Robertson)

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