Some of our band members have also put out CDs of their solo works or with other groups they have formed. Check out:
Rahel (Ann Rachel Silverman-Limor), one of Tofa'ah's and Tof Miriam's founding members also has a solo career, as well as being part of the trio Rootes. www.rahelmusic.com; myspace.com/rahelmusic
Tamar Attias has put out an instrumental CD with harpist Shoshanna Harrari.
Karina Krawiec also has her own band in Buenos Aires, Argentina - Rak Banot.
Former band members who occasionally still join us include:
Dvorah Belenky (flute) and Rachel Kantrowitz (violin) of the Shevet Achim Family Ensemble
Nancy Segal Ziskin (piano)
Esti Shwartzbaum (keyboards)
Sunita Stanislow (harp) - www.sunitaharp.com
Sounds Like
What does Tofa'ah sound like? Try the groove of the Doobie Brothers, the dynamics of the Little River Band, the powerful rythms of Gloria Estefan, the weaving harmonies of the Indigo Girls and the spiritual drive of Amy Grant ... or - turn up the volume and listen to our songs on this page!
If you like what you hear, you can find our CDs on CD Baby.
Tofa’ah was founded in 1981 by Yona Yakobovitz, an American-Israeli drummer, percussionist, keyboardist, producer, arranger and songwriter living in Jerusalem.
When the band started as an all-women Jewish rock-and-roll/blues/jazz band that would play only for women, nothing like it had ever been seen. Twenty-five years later, the band is stronger than ever, with a 10th album out in August 2009.
Tofa'ah has performed at major national and international music festivals, toured the U.S., packed Binyanei Ha’uma, and plays regularly at Israel's NCSY Center, colleges, schools, benefit concerts and other venues; it has performed with Rutie Navon and Neshama Carlebach, appeared on radio and TV shows (Gabi Gazit, Dudu Fisher, Rivka Michaeli etc ... ) and is the subject of several award-winning documentaries. It is also the only women’s band to consistently be hired by the Jerusalem Municipality several times a year, playing to thousands of women at each event.
Tofa'ah's non-profit organization, Tof Miriam, was one of the first organizations to promote the arts among women in Israel and to encourage women to express their creativity and spirituality through the arts. They have sponsored Women in the Arts festivals throughout Israel specifically to give women artists a forum, be they performance artists, painters or musicians. Because of Tofa'ah's groundbreaking role in this area, their work and music are featured in the archives at Hebrew University and the Rubin Academy of Music in Jerusalem.
The band's mission is to share its music to inspire women to find their voice, joy and spirituality. To that end, Tofa'ah performs for women across the entire Israeli political and religious spectrum.
