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Meredith Aska McBride
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Meredith Aska McBride is a music student at the University of Pennsylvania, focusing on ethnomusicology and viola performance. She is currently researching Jewish hip-hop artists and the history of klezmer in Philadelphia. A resident of West Philadelphia, Meredith is a member of Kol Tzedek and teaches Hebrew school at Mishkan Shalom.
Lies My Grandma Told Me
Reinventing Yiddishkeit Through Hip Hop
- Sunday 3:45 PM–5:00 PM Gershman Y, Classroom 415
Arts and Culture, Contemporary Jewish Life, Teen Friendly
Why are there so many Jewish musicians making hip hop about the contemporary Jewish experience? This session will explore how changes in Jewish ethnic identity, gender roles, and places of residence have played out in music; how the klezmer revival and ba'al teshuva movements turned into hip hop; and what it means for Jewish musicians to be making "African-American" music.
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