September 18, 2011

Broadcast Date: 
Sep 18 2011

A tribute to the late Amy Winehouse; a look at the music mega-stars in the ultra-Orthodox community; a conversation with novelist and filmmaker David Bezmozgis; and a new film about lesbians in the Orthodox Jewish community. Plus Eve Sicular spins music.

Episode segments
  • Music mega-stars in ultra-Orthodox community,
    Religion, Music, Arts & Culture, Jewish Life
    Mark Kligman, Ph.D., is Professor of Jewish Musicology at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York where he teaches in the School of Sacred Music.
    Eve Sicular

    Dr. Mark Kligman talks with Eve Sicular about the phenomenal rise of music mega-stars in the ultra-Orthodox community over recent decades,  the controversy it has caused, and talks us through some of the music of Avraham Fried and Lipa Schmeltzer.

  • Author David Bezmozgis
    Arts & Culture, Literature
    David Bezmozgis  is an award-winning writer and filmmaker. David’s stories have appeared in numerous publications including The New Yorker, Harpers, Zoetrope All-Story, and The Walrus. He is also the author of Natasha and Other Stories and, most recently, The Free World.
    Eve Sicular
  • DevOUT
    Film, Arts & Culture

    Diana Neille is a recent graduate of Columbia University's School of Journalism. DevOUT, her first film, co-produced and co-directed with Sana Gulzar, is about lesbians in the Orthodox Jewish community.

     
    Eve Sicular
  • Music Played on Today's Show
    Music, Arts & Culture
    Eve Sicular

    Love is a Losing Game, Amy Winehouse, from Back to Black
    No Jew Will Be Left Behind, Avraham Fried, from No Jew Will be Left Behind
    Haleluka Halelu, Lipa Schmeltzer, from Hallel
    Hora Yes Loshan Hora No, Lipa Schmeltzer, from Meimka D’Lipa
    Kolybelnaia, Anna Guzik, from Shalom Comrade
    Teu Beijo, Jacob do Bandolim, from Primos E Bordoes