Amalia Rubin

Jewish American singer known for her Tibetan language songs

Amalia Rubin is an American singer of Jewish heritage who performs songs and music in the Tibetan language.^[1]

She was raised in a Reform Jewish home of Ashkenazi Polish-Russian Jews, in an English speaking family in upstate New York.^[2] Rubin pursued Asian Studies at the University at Buffalo and International Studies at the University of Washington. Through her education and career, she traveled to Tibet and Mongolia.^[3]

Career

Rubin has released two albums, Mountains and Deserts and Leaving Home, both featuring traditional Tibetan songs.^[4] She has performed in over 30 concerts.^[4]

In 2007, she received the Best International Artist award for Tibet in Dharamsala, India.^[5]

References

↑ Gordon, Eden (28 August 2017). "A Jewish New Yorker Becomes a Tibetan Pop Star. Plus She Sings in Yiddish on Mongolian TV". Lilith Magazine. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
↑ Gordon, Eden (28 August 2017). "A Jewish New Yorker Becomes a Tibetan Pop Star. Plus… She Sings in Yiddish on Mongolian TV". Lilith Magazine. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
↑ Gordon, Eden (28 August 2017). "A Jewish New Yorker Becomes a Tibetan Pop Star. Plus… She Sings in Yiddish on Mongolian TV". Lilith Magazine. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
1 2 "Amalia Rubin's Tibet Surprise". Phayul.com. 14 February 2008. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
↑ "Amalia Rubin's Tibet Surprise – www.phayul.com". phayul.com. Archived from the original on 13 September 2016.

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