Hasidic Music
WATCH: A powerful song by a young woman who left the Hasidic world behind
In this music video, Hannah Gee expresses the loneliness of a young woman who’s chosen a very different lifestyle from that of her parents.
QUIZ: Can You Tell The Difference Between Korean and Hasidic Music?
It’s surprisingly difficult.
Ben Zion Shenker, a Master of Melodies, Made from Music a Life of Meaning
Shenker was a master of melodies. And around the Sabbath and holiday table — not to mention at weddings, bar and bat mitzvahs, and happy occasions of every type — Shenker’s melodies permeate the air. They are, in fact, so thoroughly ubiquitous that we often don’t realize their provenance.
An Electric Simcha With Omar Souleyman
Omar Souleyman is a singer from Hasakah, Syria, who plays a techno-ish version of dabke, an Arabic folk music usually heard at weddings. He performs in a red-and-white checkered keffiyeh, dark glasses, and a moustache.