❤️ Give me a heart to feel you ❤️

🚨SHABBOS ON A FARM IN ENCINITAS CA ALERT! 🚨 I am honored this year to be serving as an artist in residence at the Coastal Roots Farm offering 4 Earth Based Shabbat Services during the 2024-2025 year! Join us Friday September 6th in Encinitas as we pray and call in Shabbos with an uplifting earth based service with live music and emergent ritual. Our prayer will be followed by a kiddush and a potluck style meal! Also mark for calendars for our upcoming Shabbat events: November 1st, 2024 March 28th, 2025 May 2nd, 2025 See you on September 6th!!!

❤️ Excited to be returning to Yoga On State in Carlsbad, CA!! 🌵Our last gig was so sweet that I wanna do it again. This time I’m gonna have some great musicians joining as well… To be announced…. 🦄 7-9pm $33-$44 sliding scale donations. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. It’s going to be a special night!

🌲Join me at Regenerate at Coastal Roots Farm this Sunday June 30th, 2024 in Encinitas! Regenerate is a micro eco festival, focusing on Jewish expression through a myriad of mediums. I will be debuting a brand new song that I wrote for this event. 🌵More info: REGENERATE! An Eco-Performance Fest Sunday, June 30th (5-9pm) It’s almost time to join us for an evening of original eco-theater, dance, and music by some of California’s most exciting, forward-thinking artists. 🌸As we all navigate the darkness of the climate crisis and the environmental injustices of today, art can light our way and help us see, feel, and act with renewed joy and determination ✡️ grab tickets by clicking the link in my bio!

What happened in Pico Robertson was a Pogram not a protest. Let’s get the facts straight. Calling on the Jewish community to generate avenues of creating our own safety. Time to be self resilient.

You are a Shmo. Send this to someone who is a Shmo or better yet tag them below so we can all see who the Shmo is. ❤️🤟🏼

The predicament of a Jewish seminary student looking for his Jewish wifey…..

a congregant goes to the rabbi for spiritual counsel….

This Christian worship song pulls inspiration from this week’s Torah portion: Naso Let’s focus more on what unites us! “May God bless you and keep you, make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you. The Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace”- Bamidbar 6:24-26

Shabbos Is Coming! Last month I lead an earth based Kabbalat Shabbat prayer offering at Coastal Roots Farm in Encinitas, CA! One of the largest Jewish regenerative agriculture farms in the world! After witnessing my friend Krishna Das play in LA I was inspired to arrange a setting Of Lecha Dodi to the tune of one of his melodies! Can you guess which one?!? The hope is that I will be returning to the Costal Roots Farm in the upcoming year to continue to offer this earth-based Shabbat service! Big thanks to the very talented Girish for your accompaniment on tabla and world percussion! Enjoying what you see?!? Bring me out to your community this year to experience it for yourself! Good Shabbos!!!

My Rock, My Redeemer: Tzur Yisrael was introduced into daily Jewish prayer as the beginning of our standing prayer aka the Amidah. The term “Tzur Yisrael” dates back to 550 BCE which makes it over 2500 years old. Yisrael meaning the land of Israel, the tribe, invites us to have a personal relationship with God. We relate to God as a rock in this prayer for a multitude of reasons, but one that I find really helpful is that Jacob has a personal relationship to stones. Right before he witnessed Angels ascending and descending down a ladder and then arrested with an angel to become Yisrael he lays down on the desert floor and places his head on a stone. Have you ever learned anything from placing your head upon a stone? Have you ever heard the secrets of the universe by listening for the hidden messages? Our sages knew that each stone, each blade of grass, each river has a song to sing. The elements speak to us and it’s rare we take time to listen. Rock of Israel: God, we ask you to rise in support of Israel and Judah as you promised. Blessed are you for redeeming Israel. On this Yom YERUSHALAYIM May God bless the kingdom of Israel and redeem the people of Judah. May the third temple be built and the arrival of the Moshiach be soon! Moshiach Now! Amen! SELAH!

When Mama burns she regenerates with beauty. This is the natural cycle of regenerative agriculture. It was definitely a very traumatizing time for my family and community members when the fire within 30 minutes, went up the side of Laguna Canyon and rapidly destroyed a section of the neighborhood up the road. So many people lost their homes. I would hate for anyone to have to go through such a traumatizing experience. I feel for so many friends that I’ve lost their homes due to fires on Maui, Sebastopol, Paradise, Sebastopol and now in Laguna. Hashem has a bigger plan for us all. The challenging thing in times of crisis is to try to find the silver lining behind it all. I do feel that time can heal and once we allow this process and moving through the grief to complete we can become aware of the blessings that are now available. On this Lag B’Omer May God reveal the abundant blessings that are awaiting us behind our darkness and pain. May we be taken hand by hand and escorted through the gates of Zion. Amen SELAH!

Yesterday’s prayer at The Self-Realization Center was potent! I have studied the teachings of Yogananda for many years and have visited many of his temples and have prayed at these places. Same goes for when I visited Ram Das after he passed and was able to pray in his room and wrap to wrap tefillin in Maui, I was able to tap into a similar energy. Somatically it feels like a cold waterfall on my skin. As we continue to journey all over the world and bring our prayers to the forefront of our lives, It’s beautiful to witness the myriad of ways God comes through us depending on the geographic location of our practice. When I’m praying in Jerusalem or even Tzfat it feels like a very different spiritual practice than when I’m praying in San Diego. I find it to be always an exciting discovery to see what comes through dependent on where we choose to open the gates of heart in prayer. God is always yearning to share his love for us. We just have to make time for our practice. Good Shabbos!

This past weekend I had the opportunity to support young Jewish leaders in exploring Jewish prayer & ritual during a retreat with Tzedek America! A little over a decade to go I began touring to Jewish communities working with the youth, inspiring them through song and story and when I started playing more festivals, this kind of work took a backseat. I’m happy to be returning to my roots and look forward to collaborating with more organizations, helping inspire and uplift the youth and really all Jewish communities, discover a renewed commitment to prayer & ritual! This work is so fulfilling! Interested in how I can support your community? Reach out. Let’s make it happen! ❤️

It’s with great excitement that I announce my acceptance into the Academy Of Jewish Religion New York in the Kol Bo program. I am studying to be both a Rabbi and Cantor! The good news is I don’t have to leave California as this educational program meets online, but it is a full-time commitment. I will be continuing my ministry visiting Jewish communities throughout the year and continuing to serve as a cantorial soloist. I look forward to recording my new Jewish chant album and headed out on small regional tours sharing this new offering! I really feel like the best way that I can serve right now is to support communities and building ritual and prayer. I feel renewed and committed to congregational Judaism and I am excited to bring sacred Jewish prayer back into the wilderness. I look forward to building and collaborating with leaders that find solace in the indigenous teachings of our sages and elders who have been in right relationship with the Earth. I look forward to developing new emergent Jewish offerings supporting those who want to build authentic and embodied prayer practices. As this academic and spiritual curriculum begins to shape me, I will keep my eye and vision towards supporting the future of Klal Yisrael! Thank you to my teachers and mentors who have helped me get to this place in my life. I am beyond grateful. Onwards… inwards.. outwards… here we go… the journey continues.

🔥 Tonight we begin the retelling and journey from slavery to freedom as we celebrate Passover! The adventure of leaving everything we know behind for the possibility of freedom begins with you! You must be willing to let go of what is comfortable to generate new possibilities. What are you ready to let go of? Feel it. Ground into it. Let go. Ask God For Help! Keep praying. Keep walking. Miracles are coming! ✡️ if you are looking for support in transforming your life and need help. I recommend you sing this chant daily. It will help you open up your heart and move from slavery which exists in the mind in the heart into active freedom. Min hameitzar, karati ya, annani vamerchav Yah! (Psalm 118: 5-6)

✡️ I was able to witness my friend Krishna Das offer an evening of music a few days ago. It was such a surprise. I had no idea that he was in town and then within an hour I was on my way up to witness the magic. I was sitting in the audience as she was closing with the Hanuman Chalisa, when I began singing Lecha Dodi and realizing g that it syncs up perfectly! ❤️ This prayer is a love song to the Divine Goddess and a love poem (piyut) written by Rabbi Shlomo Halevi Alkabetz, one of the concluding prayers of the ritual service Kabbalat Shabbat, which takes place on Friday evenings. It is customary for Jewish communities to sing this song when they conclude Kab Shab as they bow to welcome in the divine feminine aspect of Creator. 🔥 If you’re enjoying this chant, please consider donating to my Jewish Chant & Kirtan crowdfunding campaign which is coming into completion in the next few days. We are only at 6K and we have a long way to go. Now is the time to give, if I don’t reach my goal, I won’t be able to make the full record and will have to do what I can with the funds that we raise. Please give what you can ASAP! 🦁 Join me this Friday night and Saturday morning at Tenple Beth El Of South Orange County for SoulSpark & Jerusalem Shabbat for two festive meditative Shabbat Services.

🔥 These past 6 months have been deeply painful and heartbreaking. As if the grueling war with many loved ones directly in harms way wasn’t enough, if dealing with death, threats and being a victim of a hate crime wasn’t enough, if letting go of many of many of the friendships in my life, business partnerships wasn’t enough pain to endure I don’t know what else would? Beneath all of it, I know in my bones that Yah gives us these challenges to turn our souls into diamonds. The past couple days I’ve been grieving the murder of the hostages that were taken into captivity on October 7th. I struggle with why God would do such a thing why there would be war in this world? It’s just the dance that many of us face. How could our God create so much destruction and pain for so many people? ✡️ Could it be that we don’t really understand the reason for why these things happen? ❤️ Could it be that we are so small just like the billions of stars in the universe and there’s truly a bigger plan taking place? I do my best to trust. 🦁 I trust in the bigger plan. I have faith. 🦄 My Hebrew birthday is coming up. In the Jewish faith we believe that on your birthday, you have special powers to bless those around you. I would love to bless you. Reach out and get your blessing. 🎂To celebrate my birthday please donate to my crowd funder to help me raise money for my new Jewish music record. We are almost at the end. Link in my bio.

🌑 That eclipse was bonkers! Within the hour the animals on the ranch were out in full force. Five coyotes spotted on the track, dozens of vultures and eagles.They knew there is something going on. 🎂 Grateful to be alive and to be where I am in my life. This birthday feels very significant. I feel that many of the challenges in my life have brought me to where I’m at and everything is making so much more sense. This past year has been a year of learning to be in right relationship with my boundaries. I spent many days letting so many relationships go, and I feel even stronger having gone through this transmutation process. I can’t believe it’s been six months since October 7th. Not a day has gone by praying for the release of the hostages and the protection of Israel. I pray for long-standing peace within Yisrael and all the surrounding nations. Am Yisrael Chai! ❤️ I’m really excited to be recording my new Jewish music album and if you feel that you can give anything at all, please do. We only have a little over a week left to raise 40K! For my birthday, will you please donate a bit? Thanks so much let’s make it happen.

✡️ Who’s ready for some new Jewish music? Only two more weeks left to donate. Let’s make it happen!! 🔥 Click the link in my bio to give!

🔥 Still feeling lit up after last weeks gig at The Mint in LA last week! Here’s a cover of a song that touched me deeply “In This Reality” by Jah Levi! ❤️ Tomorrow I am looking forward to offering a night of Jewish Chant & Kirtan music at Yoga On State in Carlsbad, CA! I’ll be debuting many of the songs that will be featured on my new album! I’ll be offering most of these songs on either harmonium or my guitar with a few special guests… Really going to be such a special night The event will begin shortly after Shabbat ends at 7 PM until 9 PM. We will also include a Havdallah ceremony as well. Suggested donation is $33 but you can pay whatever you want. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. 🌵 See you soon!

🤟🏼 I’m really looking forward to offering a night of sacred Jewish Chant music this Saturday Night at Yoga On State In Carlsbad, CA! ❤️ I will be sharing many of the chants that will be included on my new Jewish Chant Album. Lots of music in Hebrew and even some Aramaic! 🔥 As of today we will not be turning away anyone for lack of funds. This suggested donation is $33 but if you can’t afford that give what you can. Just come through and chant with us! See you at 7pm!

🤟🏼 Thank you so much for all who came through Thursday night At The Mint! It truly was a pleasure to bring ceremony and worship to the Mint! I look forward to returning to Los Angeles soon. ✡️ if you’re vibing with this track please feel free to donate to my crowdfunding campaign or I will be recording my new Jewish Chant album. This song will be included. We only have a few more weeks left. 🔥 If you live in San Diego come through to Yoga On State In Carlsbad! I will be offering a night of sacred Jewish Music with a Havdallah! The event will begin at 7 PM sharp. Would love to chant and pray with you. Click the link in my bio for tickets.

❤️ We will gather in the heart of Los Angeles for a night of sacred Jewish music at The Mint Thursday March 21! ✡️ Music is universal. It helps bring us closer to each other. It breeds intimacy and connection. Come gather as we resist fear and welcome in the vibration of love and safety. 🤟🏼 Grab a ticket ASAP! Click the link in my bio! 🔥See you next week!

🔥I’m excited to be returning to San Diego on Saturday March 30th At Yoga On State! ✡️ Join me for an evening of sacred Jewish Chant & Kirtan Music! We will chant in Hebrew, Aramaic’s& English breathing new life into ancient Jewish scriptures. We will also be hosting havdallah as well. I’ll be showcasing music from my upcoming album. 🌵 Join us at 7pm on 3/30/24. All ages welcome. $33-$44 Sliding Scale. Link in my bio!

✡️ Say it With Me: Baruch Atah Adonai Eloheinu Melech Ha’Olam Oseh Maaseh Bereshit! 🇮🇱 Thank you God for your glorious creations. Thank you for all that you provide in every single moment. Thank you for reminding me that right now. In this moment I am in Paradise. (Not a literal translation) 🌵 I invite you to go outside to bless this glorious world. I invite you to feel grateful for being alive today and see how this mental shift impacts the rest of your day. 🔥 God is great!

❤️ If you haven’t heard, I just launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise funding for my new Jewish Chant & Kirtan album. My goal is to record this live with some of my favorite musicians and producers to document everything. 🤟🏼 You can contribute whatever you want. Also there are specific perks and gifts that you get when you donate. Anything from receiving my entire catalog of music, a vinyl of the new record, coaching sessions, concerts, weekend, retreats, and you can even sponsor a song. ✡️ I couldn’t think of a better time to move forward with this project than right now. Being a Jewish person in the world is challenging right now. Many artists in the Jewish space are currently being threatened and canceled by individuals who are spreading anti-Semitic libel and propagating hateful rhetoric towards the Jewish people. By supporting this project, you are advocating for the future of Jewish music, reaching exponentially more people who can be impacted by the universal teachings of our Torah scripture and mystical teachings. 🇮🇱 if you have the ability to give, please do. Let’s join together and elevate Jewish artistic expression! Click the link in my bio to donate!

BIG NEWS: I am recording a new Jewish Chant & Kirtan album!! This new album blends Hebrew, Aramaic and English Chants inspired by ancient scripture and spiritual experience. Today I just launched a crowdfunding campaign! I’d love for you to partner with me and making this project to reality! You get to choose the amount that you want to give and depending on it, you receive awesome gifts including the new album on vinyl, coaching sessions, concerts, retreat experiences and more! Click the link in my bio to donate! ❤️

I’m bringing those Jewish Rock & Reggae vibes to Los Angeles on Thursday March 21st at The Mint with the full band! I will be sharing the evening with Alex Jordan, who is an amazing songwriter and musician. In the wake of this new wave of global antisemitism it’s imperative that we gather together in prayer into spread our light. I am committed to being in service and to creating an evening that we will never forget. Purim, the holiday of non-duality will be happening that weekend, so I encourage you all to dress up in your favorite costumes. Tickets right now are only $10 but they will go up to $15 at the door. Make sure to grab them ASAP. Oh yea….We will be joined by some very special guests… Can you guess who?

❤️ When we let go of expectations, life is full of possibility. 🌵 If you’re feeling this, listen to ALIGNMENT. It’s available now for your listening pleasure.

🌵 Please teach me how to stride with my head up when I’m all alone. 🪽Restless in this hotel room, send me my guardians I need proof. 🤟🏼 Please free me from my patterns and stories that hold me back. 🦁 Yes Jah Jah I need you! ❤️ Give me a heart to feel you! 🏔️ In a time of war and extreme polarization, our prayers are needed most! Don’t forget to pray! God hears us in our darkest hour! 🔥 Listen to “Great Spirit” on Spotify or your favorite streaming services if you’re feeling this.

🏔️We learn so much about our inner world and processing trauma and grief by gifting ourselves quality time in nature. 🌸 it’s our emotional compost that feeds our healing. If we don’t truly know the depths of our grief, we will really never know our joy and experienced the full and authentic expression of being a human being. ❤️Right where the grief exists, that’s where seedlings of new life begin to emerge. 🌲 Yesterday I was able to travel to one of my favorite hikes in southern Orange County to be with the waters on Tu Bishvat (The Jewish New Year Of The Trees). As a certified Torah Trek Guide I am considering offering some Jewish earth based spirituality programming in Southern California. If this sounds of interest to you, please be in touch. 🎥 @bohemiandesertdweller

🌲Tonight we celebrate Tu Bishvat the birthday of the trees! ❤️ May we be in Sacred reciprocity with the world around us. Then we connect deeper with the Earth and I’ll plant allies.

🌵Self care is world care. Join me for a stroll in Orange County as I reflect on prayer practice and having compassion for all of our relations. ❤️ Bless Your Life!

🇮🇱 This is what Zionist looks like. 🔥 I’m a Jewish rock artist that has dedicated my life to uplifting Jewish spiritual text and experience through song. The idea of returning to the land of Judea or Israel is intrinsic to Judaism and the Jewish people. For Jewish people that are anti-Zionist, I find it problematic because they don’t understand their own scripture, and they are making claims that Zionism and Judaism are separate. 🦁 Did you know the world Yisrael aka Israel is mentioned in the Torah over 2,500 times. Do you know how many times Palestine is mentioned in the Quran? Zero. This is not to make an argument that Muslims do not have a right to pray in Israel. There are over 400 mosque in Israel where Muslim and Palestinian people are able to practice with equal rights to other citizens and peoples in the state of Israel. Many Muslims are serving even in the Supreme Court and have been appointed judges in the judicial system. 🇮🇱 As I Zionist I believe that Israel and the Jewish people have a right for self determination. I believe that we have the right to live in our indigenous land Judea a.k.a. Israel. There are many shades of Zionism and what the radical left has done is Weaponized the word to make it fit their own propagated narrative. It’s to make us look like we are not human and that we are warmongering. In fact, if you asked many of the IDF soldiers who are currently in Gaza in citizens, if they wanted to be in this war, they would tell you not. This is a war that Hamas started and Israel has the right to defend ourselves from future attacks from multiple terrorist organizations that want to wipe us off the map. The truth is the Jewish people and Israel are not going anywhere. This is the first time in the world that we have lived in our indigenous land, and with an army that has the power to protect us both within the state of Israel and abroad. ☮️ I do pray for peace. I pray that the world supports the Jewish people in the right to return to our indigenous land and live in peace. Am Yisrael Chai!

🤟🏼When your song comes on at a random coffee shop… 🔥That feels good. Knowing the cooks in the kitchen are vibing. ❤️ Thanks for supporting independent music. ☝️ the track is Say Yes Equanimous Remix

❤️ Happy New Year. 🤟🏼May you shake it up a bit. Find that Flowstate in the unknown. You may just find what you’re looking for.

🇮🇱 I really have been thinking about this lately: the gift of Shabbat during the time we are in currently, is one of life’s biggest blessings. To be a Jew, and to be encouraged to drop off and tune in as we continue to deep in with our relationship with God in our community around us. 🤟🏼 Our world does not slow down and the Jewish people around the world honor this time every week to be in constant renewal with ourselves, God and our family. When one Jew dies we all feel it. When one hostage is taken, that is our brother and our sister and we can’t help to feel the connection that we all are sacred souls that have been brought here specifically to shepard in more blessing and Simcha. ❤️ Even though our brothers and sisters are being attacked around the world, when we feel this deep rooted joy, we are literally elevating sparks. 🕯️Even in this time of unprecedented darkness. Go uplift new sparks. Tap into that moshiach consciousness. 🔥Good Shabbos!

This is in your feed, if spirit turns you on. My name is Mikey Pauker and I write uplifting Jewish rock music. Give me a follow to stay along for the journey. 🇮🇱

Maybe the IDF has targeted mosques, schools, hospitals and homes is because Hamas shoots rockets at Israeli citizens from these places? Israel has the manners to even send them warning, shots and leaflets. What army in the history of the world was nice enough to do such a thing? If you’re dumb enough to F around with Israel, you are sure going to find out. 🇮🇱🔥

If you’re calling rape, murder and taking innocent civilians as hostages “resistance” then your the problem. Am Yisrael Chai 🇮🇱

Big thanks to this non-Jewish progressive woman who went to Israel to see what happened at Kafar Aza Kibbutz in Israel after the October 7 massacre. Her support and by being there and the right for Jewish people to live and have self-determination in our indigenous homeland Israel doesn’t mean that you have to be Jewish. Even though Zionism is intrinsic to Judaism, as our many stories from the Torah have taken place in the land of Judea, and the return to the land you do not have to be Jewish to hold the belief that Jewish people deserve the right to live in our indigenous homeland. To all my non-Jewish allies, who have Zionist beliefs thank you. I’m grateful for you. Am Yisrael Chai! 🇮🇱❤️

I know we are in a moment of radical polarization. Beneath all of the narratives of separation, we are far more connected than you actually think. This is not a negate the fact that many of us feel afraid of what’s going on in the world right now. Can we still hold all of our emotions as sacred while still keeping faith that God put us here to help us in our soul’s evolution? I’m really writing this for myself and I know a lot of you feel me right now!

Who said worship music has to be Christian? I’m Mikey, Pauker, and I’m a Jewish rock artist. 🇮🇱❤️

For everyone that thinks that Israel is occupying land, how does that make any sense when Jewish people have been tending that land for thousands of years. As I have said it, my entire life, I do support a two state solution. Palestine has rejected every single peace deals that has been presented to them because they only want one Palestinian state and no Israel. Still praying that a unity government will be formed, and that they can accept some sort of a peace deal so we can actually move forward. First, they must free the hostages, all Islamic terrorist organizations need to surrender, rocket fire needs to stop from all borders. Until then no ceasefire. I see so many people making posts about Hanukkah, and using it for their own cease-fire platform when in fact, they cease to understand that the entire holiday is indigenous resistance, as we were fighting back against a much larger army that wanted to wipe us off the face of the Earth. The Maccabees triumphed, and won the war even though they were smaller army. Chanukkah and the menorah symbolize a rededication to our temple on our indigenous land of Judea a.k.a. Israel. If you are appropriating the menorah for your own propagandist, cease-fire platform, you don’t even understand the symbol that you are propagating or what Chanukkah is about. Happy Channukah! 🇮🇱❤️🕎

Feeling grateful to you all for jamming my tunes this year! I’ve released some of my favorite tracks this past year and I appreciate your continued support on this wild journey!

On this weeks Torah portion Yayishlach, Yaakov wrestles with an angel and he is given the name Israel which means angel wrestler. There’s so much goodness to pull out of this weeks portion however, I want to focus on the the location where he wrestled the angel. He called this place “Peniy’ail” which means Gods Face. The word Peniy’al is similar to the word Pinneal which is a glad behind the forehead. This is the place where DMT is stored in the brain when we have revelation experiences through meditation and psychedelic work. Through spiritual practices and by having a clean diet, doing our best to clear out fluoride which hardens the pineal gland, we have a direct channel to God. This is the gateway to God’s face in our face unifying, and the more that we’re able to clean out our vessel both by what we consume in all levels of our beam the more we have direct access to God and the celestial beings that are supporting us every single moment.

Hey, there family! Right now, I am in a deep seeded process envisioning the year to come. I’d like to continue to spread my devotional Jewish music. Because of all the death, threats, bullying and hate messages, I am going to have to go about things a bit differently. Probably more security and finding venues where we can make sure that everyone is safe. if you would like to bring me out to a event, please get in touch as I want to continue to be able to spread this prayerful music. Looking forward to seeing you on the road in the coming new year.

This month I had to let go of a couple of artists that were signed to my record label “Beautiful Way Records”. These artists do not believe that Israel has a right to protect ourselves against rape, murder and hostages being kidnapped. They do not believe that Israel has a right to use any sort of force by using war machines, a.k.a. Tanks to protect the innocent civilian lives. They both used their social media to talk badly about my record label, and I wanted to make a formal statement about what actually happened and to share a bit about the deep rooted antisemitism that I am facing. I’m not sharing this because I feel that I am a victim. I feel that I am empowered, and I am bringing Light to a situation that is occurring within the music industry where Zionist artists are being defamed and canceled simply just because we believe that the Jewish people have a right for self determination and protection in our indigenous homeland Israel and abroad. This has been a heartbreaking experience for my own teachers, colleagues and friends, to come forward to publicly denounce their support for Jewish people in and our ability to protect ourselves against violence. I intend to share more about my experiences on this app, but I have needed some time to integrate some of these very hurtful interactions that have happened this past month. I hope this brings to light some of the struggles that many of us are facing right now.

Life’s a trip. Have can it be that we have free will and at the same time not have any control of the outcome? We do our best sometimes we’re just lazy and JAH brings what is always the best possible outcome even it it hurts for the time being. This is why faith is so important. “SoulSpark” a song inspired by the teachings of Rabbi Sneur Zalman Of Liadi still to this day feels so relevant. It’s our role to gather the fallen sparks and to uplift them with acts of service. When we find out gifts and spend our lives rebuilding this world our fallen sparks unify and we come home. 🇮🇱❤️🤟🏼

Immersing in a Mikveh is one of the most ancient Jewish rituals for purification and cutting cords. There are specific bath houses all over the world that Jewish people have built for this kind of activity, and at the same time, any natural body of water that has a natural current serves the same purpose. This experiential ritual practice is linked directly to our breath. So when we dunk ourselves in and breathe out: in that moment, we are dead. And when we lift our heads and breathe in the air, we are being born a new. I encourage you to find a natural body of water into immerse yourself, and to pray for your healing. The best way to shake off negative emotion is to return back to the mother. Good Shabbos! 🇮🇱❤️🤟🏼

It was an honor to offer some prayers for Reb Shlomo Carlebach the day after his yartzeit Tuesday night! Enjoy this video of the LA Jewish community singing Hashivienu featuring Sam Glaser, Nili Salem, David Sacks, Natan Winkler, Erez Safer, Meir Kay and so many more beloved musicians and teachers! Turn us back, turn us back, O LORD to You and we will turn, and we will turn renew, renew our days as before (Lamentations 5:21)

It’s a huge blessing in my life to return the synagogue I grew up at as the new cantorial soloist! One of my favorite aspects is singing with these kiddos! When I wrote this melody of “Hinei Mah Tov” and I released it over 10 years ago, I never would’ve thought that it would have touch the lives of millions of Jews around the world. These are the kinds of themes, that Jewish educators and clergy people teach our Jewish children. How great it is for us to be together. And we’re not just speaking of just the Jewish people. we are singing for all the world, religions, peoples, race, genders. May the world to be blessed. We will not live in fear. We will keep singing & praying forever. Am Yisrael Chai! 🇮🇱🔥🤟🏼

Big thanks to the LA Times for sharing about the Jewish music event that I offered music at on October 19th 2023. It was an honor to share my heart and “Great Spirit” as we all came together in prayer to honor the lives that have been lost on October 7th and to pray for the return of our hostages. From my advocacy within the Jewish music world helping support the first Jewish music Category to come into fruition through the Recording Academy, there really is a Jewish music renaissance happening right now. We are so blessed by so many Jewish music artists that are coming forward to share their gifts, in this time of grief and despair. We will get through this. 🇮🇱❤️ Thanks to Sinai Temple and Chloe Pourmorady for supporting g the Jewish community by hosting this event. Click the link in my bio to read.

This year’s Simcha Torah holiday was one of the most challenging experiences of my life as a prayer leader. I had to show up the day after the massacre and hold space for my Jewish community as a worship leader offering music and story to uplift the community when all I wanted to do was stay at home and grieve. One of our Jewish virtues is to be in joy even in the face of fear and grief. I was honored to hold the Torah during the Torah service, and I could the abundant energy radiating from the text. Even though I felt so much fear, terror, trauma, and grief, just being with a Torah it completely filled me up with joy and gratitude. That’s the power of Torah. That’s the power of our scripture and I bless you if you’ve never held a Torah go and dance with one, feel it and allow this immersive energy to move through you. Good Shabbos and Am Yisrael Chai! 🇮🇱❤️

Let’s talk about a legitimate apartheid happening in his right now. Why can’t a Jewish person go up to the dome of the rock and pray at our holiest site? Why does an act like that incite violence when in fact, a Muslim can go to the western wall and pray? Hmmm sure sounds apartheid to me…thoughts?

The practice of prayer. The practice of song. The practice of seeing the beautiful intimacy within all humankind will bring shalom. It will bring salaam. It was really a beautiful moment to perform at a transformational yoga festival this month at Bhakti love Reunion during this really intense conflict. I was able to be brought back into the solace of my heart through chanting with so many beloved humans. Please praying and keep denouncing hate. This is a great reminder for even myself and I’m guessing many of us here. I feel that it’s deeply important to feel our feelings and as artist to transmit that into allow it to alchemize into artistic expression. I’m going to focus more on this moving forward.

I do not support genocide against any people. I’m heartbroken when I hear of the loss of any innocent civilians. Just because I’m a Zionist and believe in the self-determination in the protection of Israel and ourJewish people abroad does not mean that I am anti-Palestinian or anti-Islam. I have a lot of Muslim friends who I actually sit with, and Ceremony and I’ve been praying with mini Sufis for a very long time. Zipnism is not racism it is actually antiracism. Israel is one of the most diverse countries in the world a place where Jews, Arabs, Muslims, Christian’s, people of all races and religions come together to create a democracy. The Israeli government is not perfect and neither is any government around the world. I do believe that we have the right for to protect ourselves against terrorist actions. Kelli Love (kellilovetheaquarian) has been making stories and posting them on her Instagram saying that I am a racist and a white supremacists and it doesn’t make any sense at all. Especially being that when I was a child, I was picked on by white supremacists in Orange County, who drew swastikas on my books and used to jump me. I have real Experience from dealing with neo-Nazis. She has called me a monster, a barbarian, and has been sending me multiple messages that are problematic and filled with Jew hatred. She says she loves Judaism and is using the platform of ultra orthodox non-zionists as a justification for why they believe Zionism is evil. They are a cult. They are a very small group of Jewish people do not represent the totality of the Jewish people. Let me make it clear I will not be speaking to Kelli Love. She has no respect for me,Zionists , and the Jewish people. There is no conversing with someone that calls you a monster and dehumanizes you. Right now I’m working with my legal team to take actions to prevent more due hatred in the music industry and I’m working to do my best to protect not just myself and any other musicians being attacked.

I am calling out, Kelli Love kellilovetheaquarian the musician and past member of One Tribe with Tubby Love & Amber Lilly who is a self, announced, Jew hater who messaged me a slew of Jew hating messages this morning. Over the years, she has made it public that she is a supporter of the Hebrew black Israelite group, which are a group of human beings, known as a cult and says that Jewish people are appropriating Judaism from them. It doesn’t make any sense. How can you say that the Jewish people are appropriating a language that you don’t even understand or know how to read? How are you able to even twist that and make it seem like it is anything close to Truth? She has made many post on her Facebook praising Louis Farrakhan as he calls for the destruction of Jewish people calling us cockroaches. Today she posted on her story that she believes that Jews are responsible for human trafficking around the world, and that we are no different than Jeffrey Epstein. Jeffrey Epstein was a horrible human being and he does not represent the Jewish people. We can’t look at the actions of one human, and think that the world is like them. It is a false away, and honestly sad way to look at the world. Evety single person that DMs me hate messages on Instagram or Facebook will be called out because I’m tired of being silent in the face of so much antisemitism. I don’t find myself going on other peoples pages direct messaging than hateful messaging so I’m asking you if you feel angry by this post, you can DM me, but if it is anything close to antisemitism, you will be reported and blocked.

It’s been one week since I brought Jewish music to a transformational festival in California! Thank you to Bhakti Love for giving me a platform to share Jewish music at a sacred music festival on American soil. I felt it very challenging to bring Jewish music to a transformational festival after the horrible massacre of Jewish lives, Americans and humans from all over the world. Let me make it clear that I mourn the lives of any innocent civilians who have been killed in this conflict, and I truly believe music and prayer has the ability to remind us of the deep interconnection of every single one of us. I pray that the Palestinian people will elect a new government that does not use them as human shields. I pray Gazans will be freed from Hamas, and other is Islamic terror governments that only slaughter their own people including the Jewish people in Israel around the world. This song in Hebrew and Arabic by Israeli musician, Mosh Ben Ari is a prayer that peace will come upon us yet for ourselves and the entire world. Play the hostages be freed. May hate speech and acts of terror and violence be condemned and be eradicated from our Earth! Am Yisrael Chai! 🇮🇱❤️🤟🏼

A prayer for peace. A prayer for love. A prayer for compassion. A prayer for grace. May God be with you. Shabbat Shalom & Am Yisrael chai 🇮🇱❤️🤟🏼

It’s been such a heavy time, and I am really looking forward to gathering with some of my favorite Jewish musicians and community members tomorrow night October 19th at Temple Sinai in Los Angeles. We will be gathering to remember the lives of been lost in the Jewish massacre that occurred last week and pray for the return of our hostages. I stand in solidarity with my friends and family in Israel and the protection of the Jewish people. This will be a safe place to come, grieve, expressed solidarity, and a place to deeply worship. The biggest weapon we have to everything here is prayer and I invite you to come and pray and sing with us. Am Yisrael Chai 🇮🇱❤️

Everyone this is the first post of a campaign that I am sharing with my community about the blatant antisemitism I have been facing within the music industry in America and abroad. Promoters, tour, managers, music, industry, professionals, and artists with in the transformational music scene have made choices, not to book me, because they say that I am part of the world control, bad, business deals, responsible for general mutualization, and essentially many regurgitated points quoted from within the atrocious book the protocols of the elders of Zion. all of these attacks are blatantly not true. I am a Jewish Zionist, which means that I believe in Israel’s ability to have the self determination and for us to live in our Jewish homeland in our indigenous land Israel. I am not calling for the destruction of any people. When I’m not on stage playing at festivals, music venues, I am working in Jewish communities as a Jewish prayer, leader, and minister. I also work in many interfaith communities supporting those who want to have a deeper connection with God. My music has never been political. It’s always been about prayer and spirituality. However, I have essentially been canceled and there’s been a massive smear campaign about me moving within the music industry simply because I am Jewish and a Zionist. I hope this post gives you more understanding about what I have to deal with on an every day basis and an addition with so many of us have to deal with who are Jewish and who are artist who are trying to make an honest, living, sharing in prayer and in love.

A message to my community. In love and respect!

Hamas has called for a day of rage and violence against the Jewish people in Israel and abroad. They have called for violence against the Jewish people, however, we need to stand up and not allow our voices or our prayers to be silenced. Go to Shul if you feel comfortable, sing out to God, pray for our redemption and a sukkat Shalom, to be sheltering the world. I have offered the mourners Kaddish in this video to remember those who have lost in this conflict, which is well over 1000 innocent Jewish and non-Jewish Israeli citizens, and also humans from all over the world including Americans. The power of prayer is our greatest weapon at this time, and I urge you to sing out to God, and let’s transform the feeling of fear and too powerful faith. Good Shabbos and Am Yisrael Chai! 🇮🇱🦁🔥

Last nights Vigil was very meaningful and deeply beautiful experience together with so many members of the Jewish community. We heard from the Israel consulate and many rabbis from around the Jewish community. We heard stories from two parents where their child is serving currently in the IDF we heard from members of Congress of their unwavering support of Israel in the right for the Jewish people to protect ourselves. We gathered in courage and in faith. I invite you if you’re feeling grief, sorrow, anger, or whatever emotion it is to gather with community. We can’t do this alone. We really need each other right now. If you’re not Jewish, I recommend you reach out to your Jewish community because we are not OK. This has mentally and physically taken huge tolls on our lives and it has been a deeply traumatic experience. We will get through this. Am Yisrael Chai! 🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱

The power of prayer. The power of song! I hope this prayer is helpful for you today. Bless your life.

We are not afraid. Join us in Orange County, California as we celebrate Simchat Torah and honor the lives that have been lost and pray for the hostages to return home. if you need community, we are here for you. Tonight will be a special evening of devotional Jewish music. Am Yisrael Chai! 🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱

Do you actually think I look like @sethrogen ?!? Comment if you think so. #sethrogen #superbad #mikeypauker

🌹 It’s our one week anniversary for “I Can Feel You” and Tahüm and I am grateful for all of you steaming it! 🔥 We will be extending the I Can Feel You Dance Challenge until next Friday October 6th! 🤟🏼 All you do is post a reel of you dancing to the song tagging Tahüm, High Vibe Records and I on your IG! 🦄 The winner will receive $100 plus a virtual personal concert provided by me!!! 💃🏿 My hope is that this video is some creative inspiration for you to share your dance! Humor is sacred and sexy too!

It’s game time tonight! Human beings are flawed and perfect At the same time. We all make mistakes and in community we can step forward being in vulnerability and can receive healing. All we gotta do is say what is and ask for help! G-d has our back! G’mar Chatimah Tovah! May you be sealed in the book of life!

If you are honoring Yom Kippur this year May it an experience that nourishes your connection to God. It’s time that we reclaim our connection to creator, and for those of us that are Jewish my prayer is that you no longer celebrate Yom Kippur or really any holiday unless it really helps you reignite your connection with creator through means of love and positive reinforcement. For those of you who are Jewish or from any any faith and celebrate holidays because you feel fear or shame that if you don’t you will be kicked out or not welcome to join have an intimate relationship with creator, your angels, your ancestors: I am here to say STOP you are perfect. You are loved. If you show up with a full heart and remain open that is where Spirit lives. I truly believe God isn’t taking tally what and when you pray. God knows when you’re opening up your heart and standing in the totality of who you are. You are beautiful. it has been within my own spiritual practice to accept myself, and in this process, I have found that when I am being more loving to myself, and less judgmental of myself, when I’m loving that that this is where the healing occurs. The book of life remains open when we have “loving awareness “, just like the words of our epic rabbi Ram Dass. so my friends may this year’s Yom Kippur be nourishing and may Reignite your connection to this beautiful life. Can you keep in your relationship with spirit, all of your guys, your ancestors, your angels, your families, your community.

🌹 Happy release day fam! 🔥 The “I CAN FEEL YOU (What I KNOW REVIBE) is available now everywhere!! 🔥Comment below and let us know how you’re vibing to the new track! 💃🏿The I Can Feel You Dance Challenge has begun! Join the challenge and post a video of you dancing to the song tagging @mikeypauker @tahum.music and @highviberecords and win $100 cash + a virtual Mikey Pauker concert! 🤟🏼Go stream it and enjoy this sensual dance journey.

Friday we will be launching the “ I Can Feel You Dance Challenge” your invitation is to create a personal dance, video of yourself, or with friends to showcase the diversity of movement through dance! Please post a reel of you dancing to the song tagging Mikey Pauker, Tahüm and High Vibe Records. that way we can share your video. After a week time we will announce the winner who will receive $100 plus a virtual Mikey Pauker Concert! I love forward to seeing your submissions!

I’m really excited to be playing with my band at Bhakti Love Reunion in Weldon CA! This is a new yoga and sacred music Festival and we are really excited to be sharing our new set of devotional Jewish music! Tix are on sale right now. However, if you want a discounted ticket, please reach out I have a handful left. See you soon!

Hey there fam! May this be a year of soul, renewal, healing, and acceptance of our human experience. In this year, May we find solace of accepting the totality of who we really are. May we find wholeness in who we are. More self love. And practicing this awareness, may we be more loving to all of our relations. And we have acceptance for this moment, and witness the divine sparks within all beings. Our angels can come to us in the form of emotion, may we invite them in and engage in dialogue, may we dance together, may we wrestle. May we play. It is with our angels and with our relationship to creator that we can get a new perspective and find the blessings that surround us always. Shana Tovah! Happy New Year!

For years, I’ve been blessed to sit with many indigenous folk, who have offered their gifts in song, story and medicine. I’ve witnessed councils with North American and South American indigenous elders, sharing for the first time mythology and theology to understand each other in a deeper way. From my years, working with regenerative and earth, based Jewish communities, both as a prayer leader and community, there is this deep thread that connects both the Jewish people and many indigenous peoples. We are both peoples that our faith connects deeply through the land. Jews have always been in earth-based and farming people whose holidays exist around a lunar calendar, letting us know when to plant seeds and when to harvest. Right now we are in the month of Elul the final month before the high holidays. It is a time to take inventory of our lives. Usually the practice each day is to blow the shofar which is a Rams-horn. It is this horn that wakes us up to the moment. I personally do not have a shofar yet however, I have been working with this Native American flute for some time now. I can feel the healing power of this flute, and how it connects to the tonal power of the shofar. These healing ritual instruments shatter and remove false ideas of the past and future so that we can get present to what is happening in the moment. We are so blessed in this day and age to have so many musical tools that support us with vibrational healing. Today’s Shachrit morning practice was me exploring with Lakota flute, however, I do look forward to blowing the horn of my people, the shofar, and continuing to be curious about working with many other tools that can help bring in presence and healing.

I’m back in the studio producing some new music… What do you think? 🤟🏼🦄❤️

Tonight I begin my new position as cantorial soloist at the congregation that I grew up at: Temple Beth El in Aliso Viejo, CA! Talk about full circle moment. if you were to ask me if I thought this was possible, when I was a child, I probably would’ve laughed in your face. I was never a fan of Jewish music or spiritual matters. When seeds are planted, they grow, and sometimes we returned back to the place where it all began. Tonight, join us for SoulSpark at 6:30 PM and tomorrow morning at 9:30 AM for the Jerusalem Shabbaat. I’ll be here most months on the third weekend offering this prayerful experience with Rabbi Kvod. I look forward to playing with you.

I’m returning back to my roots, to the place where my Jewish journey began at Temple Beth El and Aliso Viejo California. This year on every third weekend of the month, I will be co-facilitating with Rabbi Kvod SoulSpark (Friday Nights) and Jerusalem Shabbat (Saturday Mornings). Friday night services will include lots of devotional, Jewish music, meditation, and prayer. Saturday morning will be a Renewal egalitarian style service. We are really trying to build something that’s intergenerational and inclusive of all people. There’s really nothing like this being offered in Orange County California and if you’re feeling the urge to come reach out and I will set you up. I’ll see you next weekend on both August 18 and 19th and Aliso Viejo California!

Mikey! Mikey! Mikey! I really fun moment at the conclusion of my show in Los Angeles a couple of months ago. I’m looking forward to bringing the magic to Soft Medicine Sanctuary Saturday night in Sebastopol CA! I’ll be sharing the evening with two of my really good friends, Marya Stark and Mary Isis. Tix are going fast! Grab one before they are gone!

I’m really excited to be returning back to the bay area to be performing at Soft Medicine Sanctuary in Sebastopol, California on Saturday July 22nd! My two good friends, Marya Stark, and Mary Isis will be playing aswell. For $15 extra, you can go up to the bliss bathhouse and enjoy a sauna, steam bath, personal tubs, and even enjoy the apothecary with elixirs and tea! Bring the family. click the link in my bio to purchase tickets. See you on Saturday, July 22nd!!

I always love creating moments live unlike any other experience. It’s so much easier taking away amplification stepping forward and singing together. I have found solace in this Aramaic chant over the years. I originally learned this song in my Hasidic days living In Jerusalem. Here is an acoustic version of Chayiv Inish at World Folk Jam a couple of weeks ago at Congregation Sherith Israel in San Francisco. I look forward to singing with you at Soft Medicine Sanctuary in Sebastopol on Saturday July 22nd with Marya Stark & Mary Isis. Tix available now! ❤️🇮🇱🦁

Right before @cashaleymusic and I played at Brues Alehouse in Pueblo Colorado we recorded this live acoustic video of our new single “Heartbreak In Paradise” Should we release more reggae collaborations?! You can stream it now!!

Wow! I had such a great weekend in Kentucky earlier this month at Playthink Fest! Here’s a clip featuring both Equanimous and I sharing our Say Yes Remix!! Enjoy this lyric video! ❤️🦄🤟🏼🌵

Today is the anniversary of the day that I went to Red Rocks and made a deal to myself that I would never see a show there until I performed there. 3 years later, I was opening up for Stephen Marley and Rebelution. With the support of a coach and mentor I learned the tools and skills to help me properly manifest my dreams. I am available to take on a handful of new clients as a consultant to support you with Artist and music business development. if you have dreams that you are looking to manifest I am here and ready to support you. If you have interest in working together, please, DM me and we can set up a discovery call. I look forward to connecting. ❤️

I’m actively looking for a new booking agent and manager. I’ve been on this journey as a full-time touring musician for over a decade and I’ve done it independently and also used to be signed to a major booking agency. Since I became independent again, I’m looking for the right fit, and this is me stepping forward, being vulnerable and sharing that I would love some more support and help. if you know of anyone in your network who you can connect me with you think would be a good fit please do so. Thank you.

Here’s a clip of last Saturday night’s set at The World Folk Jam in San Francisco. It’s not the best video quality but you can totally get the vibe of what we were there to do. At this moment, in my life, I am finally figuring out what I’m here to do, which is to create sacred and devotional, prayer spaces through my music. Even though I pull from my Jewish faith my music is for every single soul, who is yearning to have a deeper connection with God. Big thanks to my rockstar band who continues to show up in service in reference of the music. This video features: Graham Patzner on Violin, Yemanjo On Trumpet, Nate Levin on Bass and Travis Porter on Drums! I can’t wait to do this again on July 22nd at Soft Medicine in Sebastopol CA with Marya Stark & Mary Isis!

Shema: (Listen) Yisrael: (Angel Wrestlers) Adonai: (God) Eloheinu: Our God) Adonai: (God) Echad: (One) It was an honor to offer a set of devotional Jewish music at World Folk Jam in San Francisco last Saturday night. Here’s a clip of our opening Hebrew chant “Listen” featuring my wonderful band and my new excitement for beatboxing. in the next couple of weeks it’s looking like I’m going to be beginning the process of crowdfunding for a brand new Jewish devotional Kirtan & chant record. Is this something g you would support?

I had a wonderful conversation with Geoff Eido on Lunacy Podcast. We spoke about the power of music, mentorship, origins of my journey, narratives in music and medicine work. In this clip I chat with Geoff about the power of affirmation and narrative through music and the opportunity we have as songwriters to write from a place of possibility and empowerment. Rackets are stories based in victimization. Check out this episode on YouTube and Spotify!

Heard out on the road and traveling to Harrisburg Kentucky to play at @playthinkfest Excited to connect with so many of you who will be there! Come say hi and grab a T Shirt before they sell out. Next weekend I’ll be in San Francisco at Sherith Israel on June 24th for the World Folk Jam with @humanexperiencecreations @fanna_fi_allah and @davidsatori See you out there! 🦄❤️🔥🌵

It’s been 2 weeks since I’ve released “Optimystic” with Cas Haley, so I thought I’d shot this lyric video in Grass Valley CA today! Thanks for listening fam! Big thanks to my videographer Geoff Eido! If you haven’t heard it, stream it now!

It’s been a week since @cashaleymusic and I dropped Optimystic! And it’s one of my most streamed songs! I originally wrote this song with friend of mine and incredible pop artist @danielbedingfld a few years ago. I then re-wrote the song with Cas with a very pop reggae centric vibe! It’s been work for me to witness the world with eyes of optimism and gratitude within the very complex world of the music industry. It’s definitely a daily practice, and it’s easy to get caught up in stories of victimization. When I open and allow, I notice, it’s a lot easier to see how everything is connected and happening for us. You can stream Optimystic on your favorite streaming service right now. 🌵Thanks to Beautiful away Records & High Vibe Records for supporting the release!

Thank you for all listening to Optimystic! Looking forward to representing Jewish Music at this world class sacred music event at Sherith Israel in San Francisco June 24th! The band and I will be sharing a set of devotional Jewish music and a musical havdallah alongside some of the best in sacred music including: The Human Experience (Gone Hone Beyond), Fannah Fi Allah (Sufi Qawalli) David Satori (Dirtwire/ Beats Antique) and over 20 other performers. Tix are on sale now!