This month on the podcast we’re talking about Jewish music, about prayer, and about what happens when these things come together. These three interrelated topics are an amalgam of various conversations we’ve been wanting to have with one another, spurred in part by renewed discussions about Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, famed composer of many Jewish liturgical melodies, who has been accused of sexual assault by several women in the Jewish community.
Further reading
Jewish music
Evolution of Jewish Music by the Y-Studs
Evolution of Music by Pentatonix
Evolution of Jewish Music by Meir Kay
Avinu Malkeinu by Phish
Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach’s music
Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach‘s Shadow Side by Susan Blustain in Lilith
My Sisters, I Hear You by Neshama Carlebach in The Times of Israel
You’ve Come a Long Way, Sister: 20 Years After Carlebach Allegations, His Daughter Hears #MeToo in Lilith
Central Synagogue puts a moratorium on Carlebach melodies”
Should We Still Be Singing Shlomo Carlebach’s Songs In The #MeToo Era? By Laura E. Adkins in the Forward
The Last Klezmer film
Endorsements
Zahava recommends My Church by Maren Morris, and the online tikkun offered by the Beverly Hills Chabad.
Mimi recommends a chocolate cinnamon mandel bread recipe.
Tamar recommends After A Teen Tour Turned Into An Abuse Nightmare, Waiting On An Apology by Josh Nathan-Kazis in the Forward.
