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Djerba is an island off the coast of Tunisia. For the past 2,500 years, a small but tightly-knit Jewish community there has lived in relative quiet, practicing virtually the same rituals and traditions that their ancestors did. What makes the Djerba community so unique, and so fascinating, is that they’ve more or less lived in stasis, with […]

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Derek’s parents are divorced. He lives with his mother in Colorado, where they’re converting to Judaism. He’s nervous, hopeful, and incredibly well-spoken about their plans–“I love being a Jew,” he says. “I think this is what God wants me to do.” Sometimes, he visits his non-Jewish father in Texas. There, Derek’s taught how to fry bacon […]

Here’s a songwriter whose lyrics haven’t been heard on the pop charts for a few years: King David. The Good Players are a Chattanooga, TN-based band (they call themselves an “art and music collective”). Most of their songs are straightforward pop-rock songs. But, for the soundtrack to Awake My Soul, a new documentary about the sacred harp style of […]

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