Their influences are as varied as their musical backgrounds, with a repertoire that includes Brazilian bossa nova, jazz and Motown classics.Īfter spending seven years touring with pop artist Jon Secada and performing with megastars like Gloria Estefan and Michael McDonald, Sandler has recorded with superstars like Julio Iglesias and James Brown. The cellist, Laura Melnicoff featured below, has a Master’s degree in cello performance and has performed at Carnegie Hall. The pianist has played with and composed scores for major contemporary dance companies. She now has a band called the New Moon All Stars, and blends drums and percussion with cello to mesmerizing effect. The former drummer of the psychedelic rock band Hopewell, Shusterman also formed Bulletproof Stockings with Perl Wolfe.
Wolfe was quoted saying that her lyrics, while not always explicitly religious, were nevertheless inspired by “Torah and by Lubavitch’s version of Hasidic faith.” Bulletproof Stockings was an alternative/indie rock band with influences from punk, pop, jazz, blues, and funk and were compared to Adele, Nina Simone, Fiona Apple, and Florence and the Machine. The creator of the popular all-women band Bulletproof Stockings, Wolfe has since struck out on her own. (Please note and respect that even online, these women request that only women listen to them sing.) Here is a selection (but not an exhaustive list) of some of the best-known Orthodox Jewish female singers in the world today. Some have even created careers from it, recording and selling albums, hosting women’s tents at Jewish music festivals and creating their own musical podcasts. While Netflix’s “Unorthodox” highlighted, Esty Shapiro, a woman who wasn’t allowed to sing in public – due to the laws of Kol Isha (learn more about this challenging law here), there are many Orthodox Jewish women from less insular communities (and less dysfunctional situations) who love singing and performing for other women.
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