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Episode 119: West Virginia Rabbi Joseph Hample and musicians David Chevan and Warren Byrd of the Afro-Semitic Experience

January 11, 2018

This week on Unorthodox, Mark sits down with Rabbi Joseph Hample of the Tree of Life Congregation in Morgantown, West Virginia. Then we’re joined by musicians David Chevan and Warren Byrd of the Afro-Semitic Experience, who tell us about fusing Jewish and African-American liturgical traditions.

We’ll be recording live at the Manhattan JCC on Wednesday, Jan. 24 at 7:30 p.m. with special guests comedian Judy Gold and Father James Martin! Buy tickets here. And on Tuesday, Jan. 30 at 7 p.m., we’ll be joining Rabbi Sara Luria for an intimate, off-the-record chat at Beloved in Brooklyn. Buy tickets here.

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