
Zamru Prayer Festival
International Zamru Prayer Festival • July 1-4, 2025
The Zamru Prayer Festival is an annual gathering of creativity, inspiration, and learning, designed for prayer leaders and facilitators of prayer spaces, music, creativity, and spirit. The festival explores the unique intersection of prayer, music, and creativity, bringing together musicians and spiritual community leaders from Israel and around the world.
We welcome participants from all backgrounds, those who have a connection to Jewish tradition and Israeli culture while also being curious and creative about contemporary expressions of prayer in rituals, ceremonies, and within the modern world.
The festival brings together dozens of prayer leaders for an intensive four-day experience, exploring rich content through a variety of masterclasses, study sessions, collaborative experimentation and creation, as well as performances by festival participants which will be open to the public, in the heart of Jerusalem. Additionally, as part of the festival, we offer a residency program focused on writing, composing, and producing original liturgically-based songs, which will be publicly released following the festival.
The festival takes place July 1–4, 2025, and provides accommodation and meals for participants. Click here to see the full workshop catalogue.
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In Partnership with
This program is a partnership of Sha’arei Bracha: A Celebration of Jewish Ritual Innovation
Rebuilding Our Community
In these challenging, painful, and uncertain times, communal prayer serves as a source of stability, strength, and security, providing connection, meaning, identity, resilience, hope, healing, joy, and a supportive community. Recognizing the vital role of those dedicated to this work and its importance to the spiritual resilience of our society, we aspire to expand and strengthen the professional community of prayer leaders and facilitators in Israel and beyond, bringing the power of prayer and music to more people, communities, and spaces.
This Year’s Schedule
Testimonials From the 2024 International Zamru Summit
Music from the 2024 International Zamru Summit
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is the festival open to overseas participants?
Yes – we welcome overseas participants. The majority of the participants will be Israelis, but we are delighted to reserve a limited number of places for overseas participants.
Do I need to speak Hebrew to attend the festival?
Sessions will be held in Hebrew with some English. We recommend that participants have a basic level of Hebrew and will ensure that English-friendly sessions will be made available throughout the festival.
Do I need to be a professional musician to participate?
We invite people-of-prayer who also identify as musicians and performing artists to join us. Participants are expected to have abilities and experience in musical prayer leadership abilities, but do not need to be professional musicians. The “residency track” comprised of a select group of participant is designed exclusively for professional/high level musicians.
How much does it cost and what does it include?
The participation fee for overseas participants, which is subsidized by our generous donors and sponsors, is $475.
This fee includes full participation in the festival, 3 nights of accommodation (double occupancy), and 3 meals per day.
How does the registration process work?
Once you have provided us with your details, we will get back to you for further information. Both Israeli and overseas applicants must be approved by the Zamru team to complete the full registration process.
What is the schedule?
The festival is slate to begin on Tuesday, July 1 at 10am. It will end on Friday, July 4 at 12:00 noon. The residency track for select participants will end of July 4 at 4:00pm. A detailed schedule will be published soon.










