The Wailing Wall: The Low Hanging Fruit

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Jessie Rifkin of the Wailing Wall spent 11 years in an Orthodox Jewish school, and it shows in his music—but probably not in any way you’d expect. The Brooklyn-based musician’s songs aren’t particularly reverent or full of praise, like those of Sufjan Stevens. And unlike many of today’s spiritual-minded musicians, such as Pedro the Lion’s

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