A new commentary on Jewish musicology, arts, & culture.
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Sacred Whispers
Rosh Hashanah is loud.1
The shofar is loud.
Cantors are loud (sometimes).
If the volume of the High Holidays feels like it is often turned up to “eleven,” that’s because these days are meant to be an alarum—a call to arms against the y...
Answer Us
I have been on many Jewish heritage trips in my life.
Spain. Portugal. England. Germany.
But I have never visited the places where my ancestors come from.
My father, a devoted amateur genealogist, sat me down twenty years ago with a ne...
Can I Get an Amen?
There ain’t nothing like a good a-men.1
The word is a sign of life — a demonstration that people are united in heart and mind.
Saying “amen” has almost magical powers. In traditional Judaism, its recitation in response to the leader fulfi...
The Jewish Plutarch
“It is so hard to find out the truth of anything by looking at the record of the past. The process of time obscures the truth of former times, and even contemporaneous writers disguise and twist the truth out of malice or flattery.”
-Pluta...
Music is Power
Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear, Vincent van Gogh (1889)
Long before Vincent van Gogh decided to give the most awkward gift in the history of Valentine’s Day, one third-century rabbi became so disturbed by music that he considered the ver...
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Matt Austerklein is a cantor and scholar studying the religious meaning of Jewish musical forms. He is the editor of 3 books, and publishes his research, religious thought, and musical musings on Substack.
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