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'''Deborah Lynn "Debbie" Friedman''' (February 23, 1951 – January 9, 2011)<ref>Cohen, Debra Nussbaum, [http://forward.com/articles/134554/#ixzz1AcoJc3sR Debbie Friedman, Beloved Jewish Composer and Performer, Dead at 59], ''[[The Jewish Daily Forward]]'', January 9, 2011</ref><ref name="jpost">Horn, Jordana, [http://www.jpost.com/ArtsAndCulture/Music/Article.aspx?id=202864 Beloved US Jewish songwriter, Debbie Friedman, dies], ''[[The Jerusalem Post]]'', January 9, 2011</ref><ref>Woo, Elaine, [http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-debbie-friedman-20110111,0,4461079.story Debbie Friedman, self-taught Jewish folk singer, dies at 59], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', January 11, 2011</ref><ref name="nyt">Fox, Margalit, [https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/11/arts/music/11friedman.html?_r=2 Debbie Friedman, Singer of Jewish Music, Dies at 59], ''[[The New York Times]]'', January 11, 2011</ref> was an [[United States|American]] [[singer-songwriter]] of [[Judaism|Jewish]] religious songs and melodies. She was born in [[Utica, New York]], but moved with her family to [[Minnesota]] at age 6. She is best known for her setting of "Mi Shebeirach",<ref name="nyt"/> the prayer for healing, which is used by hundreds of congregations across America.<ref name="jpost"/> Her songs were used by some [[Orthodox Jewish]] congregations, as well as non-Orthodox Jewish congregations.<ref name="advocate.com">{{cite news | title = Beloved Singer Debbie Friedman Dead at 59 | date = 2011-01-11 | url = http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/01/11/Beloved_Singer_Debbie_Friedman_Dead_at_59/ | work = [[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]] | accessdate = 2011-01-24}}</ref> Friedman was a feminist, and Orthodox Jewish feminist [[Blu Greenberg]] noted that while Friedman's music impacted most on Reform and Conservative liturgy, "she had a large impact [in] Modern Orthodox shuls, women’s [[tefillah]] [prayer], the Orthodox feminist circles.... She was a religious bard and angel for the entire community."<ref name="advocate.com"/><ref>{{cite news | title = Debbie Friedman’s Gift | date = 2011-01-11 | work = [[The Jewish Week]] }}</ref>