Hear music that draws from various Jewish mystical traditions, including work by Galeet Dardashti and Divahn, Frank London, Basya Schecter, Andy Statman, and John Zorn's Masada series and Book of Angels.

Listen to music by Divahn, a group that performs religious songs not traditionally sung by women in the Jewish Middle Eastern world. Divahn’s founder, the Persian-American singer, composer, writer, and anthropology professor Galeet Dardashti aims to highlight Arab-Jewish and Persian-Jewish culture through creative composition with deep cultural study, and while celebrating the strength of women. Hear music from their latest record, Shalhevet, interpretations of traditional Sephardi/Mizrahi Jewish songs that offer a defiant spirit of hope, of light chasing away the darkness.

Hear music from Andy Statman's clarinet, as heard in a Hassidic tune based on Reb Nachman’s niggun that he's arranged for his quartet, and features improvisation that transports, not unlike Pharaoh Sanders or John Coltrane. Then, listen to music by Frank London of the Klezmatics, inspired by Jewish liturgical chant and recorded in the Community Synagogue in the heart of the Lower East Side. It’s a work built on soulful and lyrical trumpet along with harmonium accompaniment, associated with Kabbalistic tree of life, specifically the ketel, the crown of the tree.

There’s music from Basya Schechter and Pharaoh's Daughter, in a Biblical cry/prayer by angel for Abraham to stop the sacrifice of his son, which features kora by Yacouba Sisoko. Also, hear chamber music by John Zorn, from his Masada chamber series as well as music from his mammoth project Book of Angels. The works are inspired by traditional Jewish music and at various points combines jazz with elements of psych-rock, many world music traditions, brass band parades, and thrash metal. Listen to one of these songs by pianist Uri Caine, and the vocal quartet Mycale.