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Exile & Redemption: A Neo-Hasidic Rock Opera

Exile And Redemption is a fitting description for a time of social distance, but have you ever attended a Neo-Hasidic Rock Opera? Enter Philadelphia-based songwriter Aryeh Shalom, a man of shattered dreams and transformation, who draws from Hasidic legend and existential family struggle to create an album that is Broadway meets Baal Shem Tov (the founder of the Hasidic movement). As Ringo Starr once said, “Got …