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Dr. Emily Aronoff

Dr. Emily Aronoff is a Jewish educator, curriculum designer, and entrepreneur who helps Jewish music educators lead with confidence and joy. With a doctorate in Jewish Education and over 25 years of experience in early childhood centers, synagogues, camps, and schools, she bridges research-based practice with spiritual connection. Dr. Emily is the founder of the Songleading for Kiddos Support Squad, a professional membership community that provides curriculum, coaching, and community for Jewish music educators worldwide. Her work focuses on developmentally appropriate practice, family engagement, and creating meaningful musical experiences that anchor Jewish identity. As a single mother of three, she is passionate about building sustainable systems that support both educators and families in creating joyful Jewish learning through music and movement.

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How To Lead So People Want To Follow: Lessons From a Master Musician

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10 Sukkot Songs for Kiddos

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From History to Practice: Why Tot Shabbat Became the #1 Program I Help Educators Strengthen

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How I Start Every Song Session: A Welcome Routine Rooted in Rhythm, Regulation, and Relationship

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Dr. Emily Celebrates nurtures Jewish identities and strengthens Jewish community by empowering songleaders and their institutions to create joyful, intergenerational engagement through music.

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Summer camp is a great time to refresh your repert Summer camp is a great time to refresh your repertoire of "evergreen" Jewish songs you share, David Melech, with these movement is definitely part of that canon- but the movement are complex for early childhood...see how I break it down to make it more manageable for little learners. Modeling Music on Mondays!
First game! First win! Core memory 💕ldor vadorable First game! First win! Core memory 💕ldor vadorable
Preparing to share my next batch of tunes- and I'm Preparing to share my next batch of tunes- and I'm extra nervous this time, it feels very vulnerable to share these songs that I composed largely to benefit my and my kiddos as we journey through this world...we all are working on developing our social emotional skills! IF you want to preview and review some tunes, let me know and i'll send you a link!
Rabbis, cantors, leaders of "Tot Shabbat"...help? Rabbis, cantors, leaders of "Tot Shabbat"...help?
My next album is a big one, I want to equip other songleaders to approach "Tot Shabbat" and family engagement in Jewish community in joyful, relevant, and developmentally appropriate ways though music and movement, Pray and Play draws on years of lived practice designing participatory prayer and decades of formal and informal research. The song sequence matters deeply and I'm struggling to land on one and I really want to get this right. 
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