Career
In addition to her work as a Yiddish singer she was the assistant director at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, program director for the Museum of Chinese in the Americas, and executive officer for programming and executive officer for external affairs for the Workmen"s Circle. She co-founded KlezKamp. She died of adrenal cancer at Roosevelt Hospital in Manhattan on December 25, 2011, aged 65.
She had been diagnosed in July 2011 and underwent surgery in August 2011.
A memorial service was held on the morning of December 28, 2011, at Congregation B"nai Shalom in Walnut Creek, California. The service was followed by a graveside funeral at Oakmont Cemetery in Lafayette, California.
A memorial service in New York City was held on January 1, 2012 at Congregation Ansche Chesed.