Our Soloist

Jordan Lawrence is originally from Bergen County, NJ, blessed with a very strong Jewish upbringing, having attended Jewish day school, which instilled in her a very important set of Jewish values. Since her time as a student at Tulane University, she has decided to make New Orleans a home. Jordan graduated in 2019 with a dual degree, with a B.F.A. in Musical Theatre, a B.A. in Sociology and minored in Jewish Studies. At Tulane, she founded the NJBeats and acted as the President and Music Director during her time in the group. 

Jordan's biggest passions in life are music, Judaism and making others happy and laugh. She puts an emphasis on making an impact on every community of which she is a part. She spent fourteen years a part of the Zionist youth movement Young Judaea. While working at CYJ Sprout Lake, she was the Israeli dance specialist, and ended up running the performing arts program.

Jordan has such a strong love for working with children. Her youthful spirit helps her connect with children of all ages and provide a contagious energy that promotes others to want to get involved and to want to be themselves. She prides herself on her ability to adapt her teaching and leading styles to any group of people and use her quick wit to understand the in-the-moment wants and needs of the people that she is privileged to work with. Jordan's biggest Jewish singer inspirations are Debbie Friedman (of course) and Dan Nichols, for whom she has had the honor of watching the magic in action year after year at camp.

Jordan wears a lot of hats at Gates of Prayer. Besides bringing the ruach to services, she also runs Tribe, our young adult outreach program, trains B’nai Mitzvah students, directs the choir, teaches music to the children of the Gates Preschool and J-FLEx, creates fun and meaningful programming for the whole congregation, and much more!