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favorites (like "Shlof Mayn Fegele")
and popular tunes from Israel (like
Laila") and Debbie Friedman's
"Ahavat Olam" and the folk tune "Tell
Me Why." All these songs needed
something to tie them together,
though.
Siegmann went in search and found
... nothing.
And so, she decided to write a song
herself She had written poetry and
music, but never something quite like
"Lilah Tov ... We Say Goodnight," the
opening song on the CD.
"I've always wanted to write Jewish
music — I just never had the right
spark," she says.
After the others heard her song,
many were in tears.
"I'm so proud of that," Siegmann
says. "Not that I made people cry —
but that they loved the song that
much!"
Karen Alpiner, chairman of the
JEFF committee overseeing the project
(who also appears with her family on
the cover of the Shhhema CD), is
among those crying — with joy.
"It's an incredible tape that is suit-
able for the whole family," Alpiner
says of Shhhema and Sweet Dreamzzz.
"I have children aged 13 to 4 and we
all listen to it.
"One of the things that I like best is
that there's a voice on it that speaks to
everyone. There's a fatherly voice, a
motherly voice ... I like to listen to it
Thursday night while I'm preparing
for Shabbat because it helps me relax.
But you really can listen to it anytime.
And it's a great idea to give as a baby
gift."
Shhhema and Sweet Dreamzzz is
only one of a handful of CDs (all
released in recent months) that focus
on Jewish bedtime music, so
Siegmann says having the opportunity
to work on such a unique project "is
really an honor."
All profits from the sale of Shhhema
and Sweet Dreamzzz will support
Jewish Family Education Project pro-
grams.
JEFF is planning to distribute the
CD nationwide and on a Web site.
Meanwhile, it may be purchased
through the Agency for Jewish
Education offices in the Max M.
Fisher Federation Building, 6735
Telegraph Road, Suite 370, in
Bloomfield Township, or in synagogue
gift shops. The CD also may be
ordered by calling (248) 645-7860.

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