Basya Schechter: Judaism Unbound Episode 507 - Jewish Music — Not Just at Synagogue
Basya Schechter -- a songwriter, musician, performing artist, and cantor -- wants to remind everyone that you don't need to be in a synagogue to have powerful experiences with Jewish music. She joins Dan and Lex for a conversation about her evolutions as a musician, her experiences performing in contexts as different as a college dining hall and a sprawling concert venue, and so much more. This episode is the fourth in an ongoing mini-series of Judaism Unbound episodes mobilizing Jewish music -- past, present, and future -- as a launching point into conversations about contemporary Jewish life and experience.
[1] Learn more about Basya Schechter, and explore her music, by heading to Basya.com. Check out Pharaoh’s Daughter at PharaohsDaughter.com.
[2] For the previous episodes in this Judaism Unbound mini-series on Jewish music, see the following:
[3] To explore Fire Island Synagogue, where Basya Schechter serves as cantor, see FireIslandSynagogue.org.
[4] Schechter mentions her upbringing in the Bais Ya’akov movement. Learn more about it via this past bonus clip of Judaism Unbound, featuring Naomi Seidman: Bonus: Sarah Schenirer and the Bais Yaakov Movement - Naomi Seidman.
[5] At one point, Schechter references an idea she has had to set the yiddish New Testament to music. Explore the Yiddish translation of the New Testament here.
[6] For a past episode of Judaism Unbound featuring Schechter’s collaborator Eden Pearlstein, see Episode 355: What if Artists Ran the Show? - Eden Pearlstein, Penina Eilberg-Schwartz, Tom Haviv.
[7] Learn more about the documentary Leaving the Fold, which Schechter referenced as a moment where she had the privilege of collaborating with Leonard Cohen, here.