About Us

We are a collective of individual bridge builders led by a Jewish Renewal Rabbi and Rebbetzin.

Members of this group may be Jewish or of another faith or belief system. Other guest leaders are included.

We speak the universal language of music. We facilitate Jewish and Multifaith services that also include

universal teachings from the new thought movement in a holistic way. We are inclusive and egalitarian.

Our commitment is to provide sacred safe space and sanctuary for all

as we treat each other with love, respect, and equal importance.

Rabbi Alan Scott Bachman (Avraham Shlomo) is a multifaceted spiritual leader, musician, attorney, and interfaith advocate based in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Ordained by the Aleph Rabbinic Ordination Program in the lineage of Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi z”l, he currently serves as the Rabbi for House of Prayer for All Peoples, a Utah-based nonprofit dedicated to inclusive, music-infused, and interfaith spiritual gatherings. He currently also serves as the Treasurer of OHALAH: The Association of Rabbis and Cantors for Jewish Renewal. He served during Covid as acting Rabbi for Ruach Hamidbar (Spirit of the Desert) based in Scottsdale, AZ.

He has been an attorney for 45 years and is currently with Fetzer Booth, P.C., Salt Lake City. Rabbi Alan is a past Chair of the North American Interfaith Network and the Salt Lake Interfaith Roundtable, currently serving on the boards of the Salt Lake Interfaith Roundtable and Ezra Uganda Assistance which provides assistance to Jews of Namutumba in eastern Uganda with food provisions and other critical needs. https://www.ezrauganda.org/

A gifted musician, Rabbi Bachman studied at the Eastman School of Music and is the founder of the band Desert Wind. He has composed hundreds of copyrighted songs and produced over a dozen CDs, blending jazz, rock, and world-beat influences with spiritual themes. His musical talents include piano, mandolin, and vocals, which are central to his spiritual leadership.

His work is deeply supported by his wife,Rebbetzin Andalin Shekhinah Bachman, and together, they co-lead services at the House of Prayer for All Peoples, creating a sacred, inclusive space that celebrates the universal language of music and honors the divine spark in all people.

Rebbetzin Andalin Shekhinah Bachman is an award-winning flutist, having received among other awards, the prestigious national Selmer award for Excellence in Jazz Performance. She is also a singer and prayer leader. Rebbetzin Andalin Shekhinah is part of Desert Wind which is now the house band at House of Prayer for All Peoples. She is a recently retired paralegal following many years of experience working with Richards Brandt, Prince Yeates lawfirms, and others in the Salt Lake City area.

Rebbetzin Andalin is very involved in community service and has done extensive web and media work for the Interfaith Roundtable and North American Interfaith Network. She has been involved in countless live musical performances in secular, Jewish, and Interfaith worlds. Intuition and talent have allowed Andalin the foresight and strength to accompany Rabbi Alan through this journey.

She emerges with her own set of new musical skills including vocal and indigenous flute work, adds musical compositions and writing in newsletters, etc., and has a deeper understanding of renewal Judaism as a partner to Rabbi Alan and emissary of light on this path.

Rabbi and Rebbetzin Bachman are the grateful parents of three children and nine grandchildren.