How Jewish Poems Became Songs of Praise

"Melody is the outpouring of the soul. Words interrupt the stream of emotions. For the songs of the souls, at the time they are swaying in the high regions to drink from the well of the Almighty King, consist of tones only, dismantled of words." --From the Hasidic masters

Loosely centered around The Sixth Street Community Synagogue in the East Village and avant-garde label Tzadik Records, a community of Jewish artists, including Jake Marmer, Basya Schechter and Rabbi Greg Wall, is lifting up and re-forming those dismantled words.

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