Meet Aly
Aly Halpert (she/her) is a queer Jewish musician, educator, and activist living on Lenni Lenape land in Philadelphia, PA, USA. A singer, pianist, drummer, and guitar player, Aly writes songs for building community and visioning different worlds. Aly leads music and prayer for Jewish community, including Let My People Sing, Kol Tzedek Synagogue, Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action, Hadar's Rising Song Institute, and has been an Artist-in-Residence in synagogues across the country. Her songs have been sung in national gatherings, song circles, and quiet moments of personal prayer, and have moved people all over the world.
Her first full-band album Loosen was released in April 2022 with Rising Song Records. Her children’s album Nipple Confusion has made fans of young people and adults alike. Aly loves collaborating and has recorded as a harmony singer on records by Batya Levine, Molly Bajgot, Rena Branson, Joey Weisenberg, RAZA, Marni Loffman, and more. Aly believes deeply in the power of music to awaken us to the loss and hope we carry, expand our sense of possibility, and connect us to each other and our collective strength.
Testimonials
“Aly’s music imagines the world that we are dreaming of and breathes life into it. Her songs help us remember that another world is possible. Aly is an incredible collaborator and musician to work with… she shows up to the work with warmth, dedication, integrity and laughter.”
— Batya Levine, Co-founder & Co-director, Let My People Sing
“We get to play [Aly’s] songs for the kids in our lives that are not only great songs, but also miraculously about radical queer love, diasporic Judaism, consent, feeling your feelings, and loving the world.”
— Dori Midnight
“I loved Aly’s commitment to getting all of the congregational musicians well-prepared to craft the evening together; her compassion and sensitivity for everyone who came to sing with her in the middle of an extraordinarily painful time in our world; the ease and skill with which she deeply engaged our young folks in thinking, writing and singing. Her musical brilliance and the beauty of her voice were very, very well-received. The collective, breathing hushes after she led us in song... The energy of the room felt excited, hearing and being heard, grieving and grounding and grateful.”
— Cantor Vera Broekhuysen, Congregation Beth El of the Sudbury River Valley
“What a true joy it was to bring Aly into our community for Shabbat! The logistics were made easy by Aly’s clear communication and her planning ahead to provide songsheets, etc. And her gentle, welcoming presence wove a magical web of comfort, healing and connection among us! Aly has a truly beautiful voice and neshama (soul) which so enhanced our time together.”
— Liz Feldman, Lomdim Havurah
“I am always inspired by Aly. Not only is she a talented multi instrumentalist and singer, she’s a also a gifted songwriter. Her music is both deep and accessible. Aly is an excellent collaborator, a great listener who balances introducing her strong musical ideas with lifting up the creative voice of those around her.”
— Rabbi Yosef Goldman