Rabbi Greg Wall on the BBC
The BBC doesn’t interview American rabbis all that often, let alone mention them in a completely spiritual, non-political context. But their recent special on Rabbi Greg Wall pleasantly defies expectations.
Wall is a jazz and klezmer virtuoso who was recently ordained as a rabbi and appointed to lead the Sixth Street Synagogue in New York, where he will be performing with his new 15-piece klezmer big-band outfit, Ayn Sof, on May 24th.
In the BBC special, Wall talks about using music to build a community, and using Judaism as a way to sustain his musical practice. “I want to be able to share with other artists the concept that there is a way to reconcile the Jewish side of their past and the self-image of being a Jewish artist, and that the practice of Judaism can really sustain the practice of music,” he said.
Watch the whole thing here.
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