let's pray together.
Naomi Less is a dynamic prayer leader who weaves creativity, Jewish wisdom + ritual, and musicality to create uplifting spiritual practices.
Naomi's leading style seeks to spark or evoke feelings of presence and Presence (enjoyment, angst, sorrow, joy, love, indignation), open folks to Torah's mirror quality to their lives, and
inspire folks to use the experience to live a more engaged, civically present, spiritually awake life.
where can i pray with Naomi?
LAB/SHUL
Naomi is a co-founder and ritual leader of Lab/Shul. Check out the everybody-friendly, artist-driven, god-optional, pop-up calendar of events.
Temple Beth Israel in Port Washington
Naomi is a monthly musician-in-residence, bringing a Friday Night Live vibe to services in a warm, welcoming Conservative synagogue in Long Island. For more info, click here >
Shoresh
Naomi is one of several rotating spiritual prayer leaders for a lay-driven, warm, egalitarian Jewish community on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. To find out when Naomi is leading, contact her below.
past residencies.
92NY - ONEG
For 3 years, Naomi + Rabbi David Ingber co-led a delicious monthly Friday night spiritual + musical gathering at the iconic 92nd Street Y.
Society for the Advancement of Judaism (SAJ)
For 15 years, Naomi worked with Rabbi Michael Strassfeld and subsequently Rabbi Lauren Grabelle Herman to bring contemporary Jewish melodies and musicality to the Shabbat AM experience, radically shifting the way the community approached worship. Naomi joyfully continues to music direct Rosh Hashana Day 2 at SAJ.