Basya Schechter

Quick Facts

Full Name	Basya Schechter
Occupation	Songwriter
Date Of Birth	Aug 7, 1969(1969-08-07)
Age	55
Birthplace	Brooklyn
Country	United States
Birth City	New York
Horoscope	Leo

Basya Schechter Biography

Basya Schechter is one of the most popular and richest Songwriter who was born on August 7, 1969 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Schechter was born into an Orthodox Jewish family and grew within Brooklyn’s Borough Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. Her father was part of a barbershop quartet that was ruled by Don Kirshner in the 1950s. Following the band’s dissolution after which he went back to school and was a certified accountant. In the early years of Basya’s life, he frequently sang along with her during Shabbat and introduced her to Israeli artists such as Tzvika Pick Shimi Tavori, as well as Kaveret. Her parents separated at the age of nine, and she was placed in the care of her father, who got married at the age of fourteen. She claims that because of her chaotic home life as a child, she felt less confined than the other people in her neighborhood.

Schechter has been a cantor as well as musician for her Romemu congregation. She also serves as the cantor of the Fire Island Synagogue since 2012. She has previously played percussion at Friday evening prayers during Friday night services at B’nai Jeshurun Synagogue on the Upper West Side. She along with Suzanne Vega, and Roma Baran were vocalists at the Passover seder that was hosted by Laurie Anderson at Russ & Daughters. In the same year, she was alongside the writer Shulem Deen at an event sponsored by Jewish Week in Congregation Rodeph Sholom on the issue of the decision to leave Orthodoxy. She was a former scholar in Drisha Institute. Drisha Institute.

In 2011 She made Songs of Wonder, an album featuring musical renditions of the Yiddish-language poetry written by the Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel. She was exposed to the poetry of Heschel in 2005, after receiving a book of his from a B’nai Jeshurun. Before its publication, her album presented during the Tzadik’s Radical Jewish Culture Festival.

Basya Schechter Net Worth

Basya Schechter is one of the richest Songwriter from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Basya Schechter 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Schechter founded Pharaoh’s Daughter in 1995 while at college. The name of the band is an allusion to Schechter’s first name, which is a Yiddish variation of Bithiah, the Biblical daughters of Pharaoh, Bithiah. They first appeared in 1999 on the self-titled album Daddy’s Pockets and were signed to Knitting Factory Records later that year. The label later released their sophomore album Out of the Reeds (2000). The band’s most current album, Dumiyah came out in the year 2014.

Schechter released her first self-titled album Queen’s Dominion, in 2004 on Tzadik Records. The album was created by Schechter as well as drummer Jarrod Cagwin, and produced by her as well as Albert Leusink (Swingadelic, System Band).

Schechter was romantically involved with Rabbi Shaul Magid beginning in 2013, though their relationship ended in 2016.

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Basya Ranked on the list of most popular Songwriter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Basya Schechter celebrates birthday on August 7 of every year.