Alicia Jo Rabins
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Alicia Jo Rabins

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Alicia Jo Rabins is a writer, composer, performer, and Torah teacher. She is the author of five books, including two poetry books (DIVINITY SCHOOL, winner of the American Poetry Review/Honickman First Book Prize and FRUIT GEODE, a "New and Notable" selection from the New York Times Book Review); EVEN GOD HAD BAD PARENTING DAYS, a collection of short personal essays about Jewish spirituality and early parenthood; HALLELUJAH: THE STORY OF LEONARD COHEN, a children's picture book about the great singer-songwriter, and WHEN WE'RE BORN WE FORGET EVERYTHING, a spiritual memoir published by Schocken Books in 2026.

Rabins' musical projects include Girls in Trouble, a indie-folk song cycle about the women of Torah, and A Kaddish for Bernie Madoff, an original one-woman chamber-rock opera which was adapted into an indie feature film, which the Atlantic calls "a blessing."

Rabins holds a MFA in Poetry from Warren Wilson College and a MA in Jewish Women's and Gender Studies from the Jewish Theological Seminary; she studied for two years at Pardes yeshiva, and was independently ordained as a rabbi in June 2026. She is the recipient of awards and scholarships from Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Bread Loaf Writers Conference, Six Points Fellowship, and Portland's Regional Arts and Cultural Council, among others.

Born in Portland Oregon, Rabins moved to the East Coast with her family at four months old, met and married a Portlander who was passing through Brooklyn, and now lives in her birthplace with her husband and their two teens. An internationally touring singer, violinist and songwriter, she loves coffee, gardening, ritual, the color blue, and houseplants.
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