Many of the oldest poems on record are associated with prayer. Some of our best examples of ancient Jewish poetry are inside the Book of Psalms. The messages in the Psalms (תהילים Tehillim meaning “Praises”) range from realizing your own potential to admitting your mistakes. They are each timeless and they connect us to how artists created thousands of years ago. We asked musicians, artists and poets from around the world to pick a psalm and reimagine it in their own voice. Of the hundreds of interested artists, a select panel of judges picked four and we animated them. These are the results.
Psalm 1: like many of these Biblical poems, it contrasts the “righteous” person with the “wicked” and the “sinner”. Elijah Aaron (writer, narrator) and Ted Newiss (animator) explore the path of the righteous in their new adaption in poetry, music and animation.
“Happy and free of sin and sorrow, is the man who comes to follow, the righteous in his ways…” (Adapted from Psalm 1)
In 2013, BimBam invited artists and poets from around the world to reinterpret a biblical psalm of their choice. Each of the submitted entries expressed a unique perspective into Jewish life and art today. While a panel of judges ultimately selected adaptions of Psalm 1, Psalm 23, Psalm 42 and Psalm 90, many of the semi-finalists can be heard on soundcloud (here).
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Psalm 23 is one of the best known examples of Biblical poetry. Through this original poem, and the striking animation and music here, Ariel Root Wolpe, Mariangela Mihai and Eurico da Costa Ng explore the “valley of the shadow of death” in this spoken word adaptation of Psalm 23.
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The Psalms Project
In 2013, BimBam invited artists and poets from around the world to reinterpret a biblical psalm of their choice. Each of the submitted entries expressed a unique perspective into Jewish life and art today. While a panel of judges ultimately selected adaptions of Psalm 1, Psalm 23, Psalm 42 and Psalm 90, many of the semi-finalists can be heard on soundcloud (here).
Thank you to The Koret Foundation for funding the Psalms Project, as part of an initiative to cultivate Jewish peoplehood. Additional thanks to each of the writers, narrators, producers, educators, judges, directors and sound engineers including Elijah Aaron, Barbara Barza, Maya Bernstein, Lucas Boilon, Charlie Corriea, Jina Davidovich, Danielle Foreman, Sarah Kashinsky, Sarah Lefton, Rachel Levinson, Andrew Lewitin, Neville Mickinnie, Mariangela Mihai, Eurico da Costa Ng, Russel Neiss, Ted Newiss, Alicia Jo Rabins, Will Robertson, Rachel Lopez Rosenberg, Jeremy Shuback, Allie Woilner, Dan Wolf, Evan Wolkenstein and Ariel Root Wolpe.
Psalm 23 Lyrics
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Psalms 23 Source Sheet
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Many of the oldest poems on record are associated with prayer and some of our best examples of ancient Jewish poetry are inside the Book of Psalms. Through original poetry, animations and music, Jina Davidovich and Jeremy Shuback adapted their perspective of Psalm 42, which poses the question, “Where is your God?”
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The Psalms Project
In 2013, BimBam invited artists and poets from around the world to reinterpret a biblical psalm of their choice. Each of the submitted entries expressed a unique perspective into Jewish life and art today. While a panel of judges ultimately selected adaptions of Psalm 1, Psalm 23, Psalm 42 and Psalm 90, many of the semi-finalists can be heard on soundcloud (here).
Thank you to The Koret Foundation for funding the Psalms Project, as part of an initiative to cultivate Jewish peoplehood. Additional thanks to each of the writers, narrators, producers, educators, judges, directors and sound engineers including Elijah Aaron, Barbara Barza, Maya Bernstein, Lucas Boilon, Charlie Corriea, Jina Davidovich, Danielle Foreman, Sarah Kashinsky, Sarah Lefton, Rachel Levinson, Andrew Lewitin, Neville Mickinnie, Mariangela Mihai, Eurico da Costa Ng, Russel Neiss, Ted Newiss, Alicia Jo Rabins, Will Robertson, Rachel Lopez Rosenberg, Jeremy Shuback, Allie Woilner, Dan Wolf, Evan Wolkenstein and Ariel Root Wolpe.
Psalm 90 is associated with comforting the ill, and the dying. Through original poetry, animations and music Rachel Lopez Rosenberg and Charlie Corriea parallel the structure and themes of Psalm 90 with personal hospice chaplain experience.
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The Psalms Project
In 2013, BimBam invited artists and poets from around the world to reinterpret a biblical psalm of their choice. Each of the submitted entries expressed a unique perspective into Jewish life and art today. While a panel of judges ultimately selected adaptions of Psalm 1, Psalm 23, Psalm 42 and Psalm 90, many of the semi-finalists can be heard on soundcloud (here).
Thank you to The Koret Foundation for funding the Psalms Project, as part of an initiative to cultivate Jewish peoplehood. Additional thanks to each of the writers, narrators, producers, educators, judges, directors and sound engineers including Elijah Aaron, Barbara Barza, Maya Bernstein, Lucas Boilon, Charlie Corriea, Jina Davidovich, Danielle Foreman, Sarah Kashinsky, Sarah Lefton, Rachel Levinson, Andrew Lewitin, Neville Mickinnie, Mariangela Mihai, Eurico da Costa Ng, Russel Neiss, Ted Newiss, Alicia Jo Rabins, Will Robertson, Rachel Lopez Rosenberg, Jeremy Shuback, Allie Woilner, Dan Wolf, Evan Wolkenstein and Ariel Root Wolpe.
Psalm 90 Lyrics
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Psalms 90 Source Sheet
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This project was made possible with generous support from The Koret Foundation, as part of its Initiative on Jewish Peoplehood.
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