Jewish Chant with Icaros playing in the background. I’m in heaven playing this Ragamala harmonium. Chant 1: Shema Yisrael Adonai Elohienu Adonai Echad. - Listen angel wrestlers. God is one. Chant 2: Y’virechecha Adonai Vyishremrecha. Yair Panav Elecha V’hinukecha Yesah Panav Elecha. V’yeseh L’cha Shalom. - The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the LORD turn his face toward you and give you peace

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!

An angel song by my teacher Reb Shlomo Carlebach: B’Shem Ha’shem and an angel teaching. In this weeks, Torah portion Jacob wrestles with an angel and this Angel bless him with a new name: Yisrael or Israel. Our angels can also be known as our emotions. It’s a human thing to wrestle with your emotion, and I’ve never met one soul in my life who hasn’t wrestled with themselves. I encourage you to get to know yourself deeply into be with your emotions and to get to know your angels intimately.

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.

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Back in 2018 @belovedpresents emailed my booking team threatened to take me off the bill, unless I expressed my solidarity with organizations including if not now and Jewish voices for peace, which are anti-Zionist organizations. My music was billed to be a Kabbalat Shabbat that had nothing to do with Israel. But because I’m Jewish, they were conflating my Judaism with a certain political movement, which is in fact antisemitism. The founder of the festival Elliot Rasenick ended up speaking with my booking team, and still allow me to play my set. However, I had to deal with a lot bullying and harassment from some production staff at the Beloved that year. The following year as I offered a similar set, I was able to book another Shabbat prayer service, but Eliott wouldn’t even deal with me and they would not pay me. I did it as an act of service for the Jewish people. I don’t see myself returning to music, festivals in the future who propagate the same kind of hatred. As beloved Festival continues to use its page to make one-sided posts about the conflict in Israel, and who claim that this has to do with racism, and they don’t understand that Israel is composed of mostly people of color I urge you to Unfollow them, and to take everything that they’re saying with a grain of salt. Refusing to book a Jewish artist and not giving the same equal rights as other musicians at the festival because they are Jewish is antisemitism. Don’t get it confused.

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. 🇮🇱❤️🤟🏼

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.

An update about the Israeli massacre in conflict taking place right now. A good friend of mine who grew up in Israel told me a story of one of his friends going to the transformational festival in Israel and her father, jumping on one of the grenades to protect her. Heartbreaking. 💔 Could you imagine a terrorist massacre happening at a transformational festival in your country? Would you still be silent? Hamas only wants to kill Jews, the same mission statement as a Nazis. why is it that when Jews are attacked in cold blood? No one says anything other than Jews? How come we are the only ones standing up for ourselves? Where is my community? Even if you’re not Jewish, I urge you to share information about this horrible war and massacre that has begun. May God be with us and Am Yisrael Chai! 🇮🇱❤️🔥

My first ever morning prayer live stream. Praying for the 600+ lives little bit lost in Israel over the past couple of days. To the 100 + Israeli hostages that are being held in Gaza. God please bring them home and free. Thank you IDF for your quick response and protecting us from proxies in Lebanon, Egypt, Iran, and all over a Middle East. Friends we need your help right now. Reach out to your Jewish friends and ask how we’re doing because many of us are not doing OK at all. Love you🇮🇱❤️ Am Yisrael Chai! 🇮🇱❤️

In the next few days, I will be disclosing information within the music industry of multiple promoters booking agents and artists who have essentially canceled me from multiple festivals because I am Jewish and a Zionist. I pray for all the victims that have been lost in this massacre in Israel, and all of those who’ve been abducted by Palistinean Terrorists. Am Yisrael Chai! 🇮🇱❤️🔥

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! 🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱

An update about what’s happening in Israel as we speak. Israel and the Jewish people will overcome. I pray for the hundreds of Jewish lives that have been killed by Hamas terrorists. I pray that the hostages will be rescued and brought back home. Israel is bleeding. Reach out to your Jewish friends because we need you. 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.

I Can Feel You (What I Know Tahüm Revibe) Story time! Our new single comes out in a couple of hours. Enjoy this fruitful conversation, and we look forward to hearing what you think. Tomorrow our “I can feel your dance challenge” begins! All you have to do is film yourself dancing to the song. Dance your prayer! TagTahum, and High Vibe Records and I and we will announce the winners by September 29th! First prize winner walks with $100 cash, and a free virtual concert provided by yours truly! May the games begin!

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! ❤️🇮🇱🦁

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!

My first IG live in a while! Excited to be back in Nevada City this week and connecting with so many loved ones. Upcoming gigs: 6/16 at @playthinkfest 6/24 at World Folk Jam 7/22 at @softmedicinesanctuary Upcoming episode with @geoffeido on Lunacy podcast this month!

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!

I had such a sweet time collaborating with one of my dear friends @maryastark at High Vibe Fest this year! I met Marya at my very first Lucidity music festival while I was singing with Shamans Dream. We stayed in touch over the years. I’ve been blessed to have collaborated with her for a handful of gigs at festivals, and also supporting her with the first few singles of her new record released on my record label Beautiful Way Records! I look forward to future collaborations with this amazing sister! Have you heard her new single cloudburst yet? Speaking of new music, I’m right about to release a brand new, single produced and cowritten by my friend @cashaleymusic this Friday: Optimystic! Will you do me a favor and pre-save this song by clicking the link in my bio? Thanks so much.

By popular demand Sunday night I return to LA to share my music at Corazōn!! I’m excited to be performing in one of my fav neighborhoods in LA: Topanga Canyon My band will be joining me and in addition my friend Michael Hathaway will be opening the night with a heart centered kirtan set to celebrate his birthday. See you soon Fam!

I wish I had a picture I could show you of all the beautiful and emotional faces of fans who were sharing tears during my sets on my past Optimystic Spring tour. I didn’t realize how many of you use my music during your daily practices or while you drive to help you build solace in your life. I get caught up in the administrational micro logistics of trying to continue to keep this music career moving forward. being on this past tour, I was able to see so many of you who know all the lyrics to my songs, and it warms my heart to know that through the struggles in my life, I was able to transmute it into something helpful for you. thank you for helping me see that my suffering had a purpose. I’ll never forget the moment at high vibe fest this past year when I was looking down at Daniel With The Balance as he was crying and singing along to “Rise” and I pulled him up on stage for him to see my song. it was a powerful moment for me, giving another artist the stage to share his voice. This Sunday at Corazon in Topanga Canyon, I look forward to leaving with you all, and making this a night that we will never forget. Make sure to come early to check out @michael_hathaway_kirtan Click the link in my bio to grab tickets. Pic by @_lacaze

Here’s a tender moment at the tail end of my @highvibefest set. Really been enjoying mashing up “Great Spirit” with NAHKO’S “Black As Night” as I really feel that the message of asking creator to open the heart in times of challenge can breed optimism. The act of prayer allows us witness on real time the beautiful life we are here to dance with. I’m looking forward to bringing this energy to Topanga Canyon Sunday night at Corazōn. The talented Michael Hathaway will be opening up the night with a set of Kirtan. Check my link tree for tickets which are available right now! See you Sunday night in Topanga Canyon! Thank you @rykerkay for capturing this moment

Sunday afternoon I will be capping off my Northern California Optimystic tour at a very beautiful Mother’s Day gathering: Music Under The Buckeye w/ Jojo & The Wildflowers & Jeremy Falk teaching a yoga class in Lagunitas CA! Come join us in beautiful and warm Marin County, California and bring your mom! I’m totally excited to be playing my debut show at Corazon in Topanga Canyon on Sunday, May 21 as well! Excited for tooth glorious shows coming up! Check out the ticket link in my link tree to hear more and to purchase tickets for the show on Sunday. See you soon!

Wow!!! TONIGHT IS SOLD OUT! Really looking forward to weaving our voices at the springs! Big thanks to High Vibe Fest & Beautiful Way Records for supporting! Kayla Diana opens up at 7pm. See ya 💦💦

I had such a beautiful time teaching performance pedagogy at the High Vibe Music Retreat yesterday. It was so inspiring to coach these artists and producers about how to merge performance and prayer while exploring new ways to deliver their gifts with devotion and precision. Some updates about the Optimystic Tour: Tomorrow I’ll be playing at High Vibe Fest on the main stage at 4pm right before Chris Berry & Shamans Dream, Ayla Nereo & Equanimous. Monday night I am hosting the official High Vibe Fest decompression at Harbin Hot springs. Music will begin at 7pm with an opening set by Kayla Diana. My show with Marya Stark in Sebastopol on May 13th has been postponed to later in the summer. Mother’s Day I’ll be in Lagunitas once again with Jo Jo & The Wildflowers and yoga with Jeremy Falk! So much to look forward to. See you soon Fam!

And that’s a wrap. I had such a sweet time hitting the road with my pal @cashaleymusic and his wonderful band these past few days! So much fun to get back to my roots and to play solo and premiere our new single “Heartbreak On Paradise” live!!! Big thanks to everyone who came out to support! So grateful to have connected with each of you! Thank you @thevelvetelklounge Thank you @moxitheater Thank you @bruesalehousebrewingco I look forward to the next time! 🤟🏼❤️ Next up: 5/4 at The High Vibe Music Retreat 5/5 at High Vibe Fest w/ @aylanereo @equanimouslove 5/8 at Harbin Hotsprings with @kayladianamusic

If we don’t truly feel into the depths of our Sorrow, then how can we actually release and move forward? if we put anything under the rug, it’s eventually going to bubble up. There’s a silver lining to everything and when we’re able to understand the big picture, that’s when alchemy occurs. tonight I will be singing, heartbreaking, paradise with @cashaleymusic at the @moxitheater Tomorrow night we’re in Pueblo at @bruesalehousebrewingco Tix are still available! See you soon!

I made it to Colorado ⛰️ I’m excited to be vining with you all the next three days opening for my good friend @cashaleymusic Looking forward to rocking our new single heartbreak in Paradise! Tonight we’re lighting up Boulder at @thevelvetelklounge Tomorrow In Greeley at @moxitheater Sunday in Pueblo at @bruesalehousebrewingco check out my Tore calendar on my website to grab tickets. See you soon!

Bags are packed! Excited to return to Colorado to open for @cashaleymusic this weekend! 4/28- (Boulder, CO) @thevelvetelklounge 4/29- (Greeley, CO) @moxitheater 4/30- (Brues,CO)- @bruesalehousebrewingco Tix are still available!!

Heartbreak In Paradise Is Charting At Number 1 on @submithub for the reggae and world charts! Thank you to everyone for sharing and listening! @cashaleymusic and I will be heading out on tour this week playing 3 shows in Colorado: 4/28 At The Velvet Elk (Boulder, CO) 4/29 At Moxi Theatre (Greeley, CO) 4/30 At Brues Alehouse (Pueblo, CO) Grab tix on my website!

I can’t believe it’s been one week since @cashaleymusic and I released “Heartbreak In Paradise” Thanks so much for listening and sharing! Via Spotify stats: this song is getting more streams than my other singles and from what I’m hearing from people is they really like this new direction. This song for me has been one of my fav to create! Should I put an entire reggae album this year? LMK what you think in the comments! Stoked to hit the road with Cas Haley next week in Colorado! Check my link tree to grab tickets. 🎥 by @joyrheman and editing by @cashaleymusic

From acoustic to studio vibes… So grateful “Heartbreak In Paradise” is finally available for your listening pleasure! I’m looking forward to heading out on the road next week with @cashaleymusic in Colorado! 4/28- Boulder, CO at The Velvet Elk 4/29- Greeley, CO At Moxi Theatre 4/30- Pueblo, CO at, Brues Alehouse

For over the past decade, I have been really blessed to have built a prayer practice that has supported my life as a touring musician and songwriter. After living in Jerusalem and attending Yeshivah I began learning from rabbis, yogis and indigenous teachers on how I could engage and live a life weaved with spirit. I’ve built my own spiritual prayer practice based on the Jewish morning service a.k.a. Shachrit and began exploring chant, meditation and embodiment. I began building relationships with my celestial guides and angels. I started noticing big shifts happening in my life. Living with tenderness. Experiencing new levels of vulnerability. The ability to channel an abundance of music and creative projects that took me from playing small clubs to Red Rocks. I am stepping forward to support five new humans who are looking to build their own morning practices. I will be offering this in a three month container where we meet weekly and I will support you as your guide and spiritual development coach. if this sounds of interest to you, please send me a DM so we can set up a discovery call. 🔥🌵🤟🏼⚡️

Here’s to the power of transmuting grief into something you shake your ass too! So grateful to @cashaleymusic for collaborating on vocals and production and supporting my expression of reggae music! Big ups to Danny Kalb for mixing this one! Big love to @beautifulwayrecords and @highviberecords for all ya do! Link in bio!

Tomorrow I release this new reggae banger with my brother @cashaleymusic on my label @beautifulwayrecords I wrote the song when I was going through the deepest heartbreak of my life staying on the Big Island of Hawaii. My grief taught me that if we don’t dig deep and truly feel what there is to be felt that it will bubble up some other way they can create a lot of harm for ourselves and others. For years people been telling me to go straight reggae, so I’m pretty excited for this brand new Mikey Pauker sound! Please pre-save this song. You can click the link in my bio to do so. 🌴❤️🦄 Thanks to @joyrheman for shooting this video!

Re-emerging from my sacred journey with my fellow villagers at Passover In The Desert! 🌵 I went through the portal of my 38th birthday on Friday night as I was leading the music for Shabbat with some of my dearest friends from long ago! 🍄 More to share soon… all I can say is I feel once again connected to my purpose and realigned with spirit. So beautiful to reconnect with my long time fam at Wilderness Torah. Also a blessing to make new friends! I feel much more levity and connection to what I am here to do. Thank God.

Passover Is Here. I’m signing of the grid for a week! So excited to return to my spiritual wellspring at Passover In the Desert. If you need me….you’re gonna have to wait…. See you on the other side…. Chag Sameach! 🦁🦄🔥✡️❤️

Saturday Vibes 🤟🏼🦁🍄🦄❤️ Thanks to all who came out to Trilogy! It was a super special night. Big thanks to the band: Shawn, Khayin and special guest Dejah Gomez! Also big ups to Sierra Marin & Lena Belle for opening the night! A great first night of the Optimystic Tour… next up Passover In The Desert tomorrow!

I had a great time having a wacky and revealing conversation with one of my fav comedians @brentpella yesterday. More to share soon. Tomorrow I’m really excited to be performing at Trilogy Sanctuary in San Diego! The whole band is coming out! I just found out there are still tickets available so if you were thinking about coming through make sure to grab them ASAP. Also don’t miss the cacao ceremony at the beginning of the show, Lena belle and Sierra Marin! See you soon!

“Every Person has the talents to ensure their own success. To achieve that success requires positive facilitation of those talents to produce optimal outcomes.”- Ron Interpreter (Dine Teacher & Inspiration behind the record label @beautifulwayrecords ) Here’s a great life hack for creative expression. Spend time moving energy out in nature. If that’s just feeling your feet kissing the ground great if that’s some Chi gong, awesome! If that’s meditation, go for it! I’m not here to say negate your darkness. Allow it to come thru by feeling into the natural elements of the world. This is the beautiful way.

I hope I got your attention now… This Saturday, April 1 I’ll be performing at @trilogysanctuary in San Diego for the Spring Bloom Equinox event! The event will open with a collective cacao ceremony and then Lena belle and Sierra Marin will be opening up the show. Come join us As we collectively welcome in the spring energy and weave our voices in song. There will be a lot of dancing and good vibes. Presale tickets are only $25 if you grab them right now. $35 at the door. 7 PM doors. Come through! And tell your friends.

One of my fav things to do post playing music festivals is to rendezvous with the crew at a local hotspring! Post High Vibe Fest we are doing just that! Join @kayladianamusic and I at Harbin Hotsprings post @highvibefest for an evening of soulful and cuddly music for the official decompression! You can come for the day, camp for the night or even stay in one of the private VIP rooms. Your admission to the musical experience is included with your Hotsprings pass! Vibe with us at 8pm-10pm! See you! Big thanks to @highviberecords and @beautifulwayrecords for making this possible

Such a good time singing with Equanimous during his set at the Music Box in Dan Diego! He was playing opening set for Moontricks! I felt super alive getting back out there on that stage and sharing the “Say Yes Equanimous Remix” For that super saucy crowd on release day of: WHAT I KNOW. In late 2019 I was asked to head out on the road for a couple of dates opening for Gone Gone Beyond and Moontricks . It was really fun to see them play years later. They really come along way as performers and musicians. Was so great to see them do their thing again. Same goes with Equanimous. We played co-headlining tour together in late 2019 after the Moontricks tour and I felt like proud papa witnessing that tightly packed room with all those people that knew all of his songs. It’s definitely a surreal thing to remember back in the day when you knew all the words and then later to be in entire room where everyone knows that as well. Very trippy thing. Thank you Moontricks, Equanimous and so many of you on here that follow my page as artists and creatives continuing to do the good work, continuing to show up and sharing your medicine at the alter of life with so many of us. I look forward to playing in San Diego at trilogy on Saturday, April 1 with my friend Sierra Marin and Lena belle, Then continuing to share my music on my Optimystic Spring tour! If you haven’t heard my new single “what I know” please go take a listen and I hope that it brings you comfort in the days to come. See you on the road! 🕊

If I were to launch a class about Jewish mystical prayer practice would that be something that you would want to sign up for? Or how to build your prayer practice?I love creating containers for people to sing and to connect with spirit. Would you be down to sign up for a weekly month container with me? If so comment below and DM me if you are interested in receiving an email about my upcoming class.

Looking forward to getting back out there on the road this spring! If you’re living in the north bay of Cali I’m going to be playing at this really special night of sacred music co-headlining with @maryastark ! It’s a new prototype of a show called “Soul & Soak”, Live music and self-care and spa vibes. With the purchase of a ticket you can come and watch live music all night and have access to the bathhouse for dry and wet steam rooms, cold & hot plunges and saunas. We will be having also an opening set by Diana Egizi! Looking forward to playing at Soft Medicine in Sebastopol on Saturday, May 13! For a limited time $35 pre sale tix are available via @brightstar.live.events Grab a ticket before it sells out! Link in bio⚡️

Dropping my spring tour feels f*kn awesome! Excited to get back on the road and to share my new tunes with you! 4/1: San Diego, CA 4/5: Mojave Desert 4/28: Boulder, CO 4/29: Greeley, CO 4/30: Pueblo, CO 5/5: Cobb, CA 5/8: Middletown, CA 5/13: Sebastopol, CA 5/14: Lagunitas, CA I’m really excited to be joining @cashaleymusic On the road as direct support in Colorado this April! - We are going to be debuting live our brand new collaborative reggae tracks that we are releasing this spring! Stoked to be collabing with @sierramarinmusic in San Diego & Marya Stark in Sebastopol! More TBA!

For over a decade I’ve had the vision of bringing Jewish spiritual music to the masses. Many have recommended that I have two separate musical careers but something felt completely off about that concept. Looking back I can see how that advice could be useful since claiming that I’m a Jewish hardest I’ve dealt with a lot of prejudice in antisemitism within the music industry. I’ve not been booked for my Zionist views. I have had countless opportunity lost because people think that I support blood libel or that I’m a part of some sort of world control. Even had fellow musicians in the conscious or New Age spiritual seen say that I support genital mutilation And they have called Jews barbarians and satanic. I went against the grain and began performing Jewish music at clubs, then festivals and even made it to Red Rocks singing “Yedid Nefesh” opening for Stephen Marley, Chronixx and Rebelution. Although I know I’ll be back at red rocks to headline my show eventually looking back at my life all these years and facing all the antisemitism within the music and entertainment industry I am feeling these days a sense of vindication Knowing that the tides are changing people are waking up to the reality that many of us Jewish people have to face on a daily basis. I had a dream that one day there will be a Jewish music Grammy and finally as a recording Academy member one of my colleagues and Joanie Leeds and I have finally just submitted our proposal to the Grammys. In addition our petition has reached over 2000 signatures and it’s still growing and finally all of the major Jewish publications are covering our story. I’m grateful I didn’t listen to the naysayers and people that told me that it would never work. I’m grateful for being a stubborn Aries with a Scorpio moon in libra rising… Instead of fighting through the means of violence I am grateful to be fighting through being in service and supporting the greater whole being seen for our gifts. Thank you to Jpost, Times Of Israel, JTA, Cleveland Jewish News, The J Of Northern California for publishing articles about our Jewish Music Category proposal and petition! You can still sign!

I’m dropping my new single “What I Know” on March 17th on @beautifulwayrecords This song is very meaningful to me. A song speaking of the ebb and flow of being in relationship with the divine. The feeling of connection and then feeling distance and yearning for a deeper relationship. I know many people can resonate. Having peak experiences and then at times feeling empty and alone. Then when we least expect it feeling a whole new level of support from Spirit with our and angels at our side. I’ve been sitting on this one for long time and so grateful to finally get this song out! Comment below and share a story of how this narrative resonates with you. Have you ever felt so connected to God and then feel the deep void and disconnection? How do you work through those portals? You can pre-save by clicking the link in my profile. 🌵🦁❤️⚡️🦄

Cali Vibes Fest was extraordinary. It was really special to get to witness so many bands that I’ve been listening to online for the past couple of years. I was blessed to have released my single “We Are Safe” on @ineffablerecords And it was really sweet to finally get to witness so many of the talented bands who are part of that community. I was completely blown away by how many reggae and rock fans there still are out there. I mean I’m talking about tens of thousands. Some of my highlights this past weekend include checking outtThe Elovaters, Tash Sultana, Stephen Marley, 311, Stick Figure, Mike Love and Iya Terra. I finally got to connect with @nathan_aurora from @iyaterra And was really blown away by their ability to work the crowd And bring their recordings to life. Nathan was a sweetheart. In April I’m going to be releasing some brand new reggae music with my producer and co-writer @cashaleymusic And I really can’t wait for you to hear what we have been working on. In the meantime I hope you are enjoying listening to “Alignment” and thanks for signing the petition to create the first Jewish music Grammy. We’re over 1500 Signatures in less than a week. Let’s keep the momentum moving forward! 🦁

Thank you so much for signing the petition to help create the first Jewish music Grammy category. Our ancestors came here fleeing persecution and I think a big part of why Jewish music has not been a part of the popular narrative really has to do with wanting to assimilate. But right now we are in an unparalleled time we’re Jewish art is being created yearly in massive abundance. We finally have enough music where we can apply to create a category that will include our voice and our beautiful faith & culture. I urge you to sign the petition and to share it with your community. Let’s change history together. Big thanks to my collaborator @joanieleeds for helping make this a reality.

Big News: I was interviewed by “The Jewish News Of Northern California” about the proposal we are making this year to create the first Jewish Music Grammy category. I’ve been working with my friend & GRAMMY winner @joanieleeds also handful of colleagues within the @recordingacademy and throughout the Jewish world to help draft a proposal. In the past few days the petition on @changedotorg has collected so over 900 signatures from the general public including many Jewish musicians, clergy, educators and non Jewish people who are all in support of this category being created. Being that I just joined the Recording Academy this year as a voting member I am grateful to get up and running and doing the work to help Jewish music finally have a home in the music industry. I also was able to talk about my brand new record label @beautifulwayrecords and devotional music. Thanks to @saraharoeste We’re also contributing your words to this article. Check out the article in my link tree. Also please sign and share the petition ASAP! Let’s get over 1000 signatures today and hopefully the next week let’s make this petition go viral. The time is now. Let’s go!!!