Shloime Gertner Explained

Shloime Gertner
Birth Date:DD MM YYYY
Origin:London, England
Genre:Contemporary Jewish religious music
Occupation:Singer
Years Active:2007–present
Website:https://gertnermusic.com/en/

Shloime Gertner (Hebrew: שלמה גרטנר) is a British Hasidic Jewish singer from London, England. He achieved international celebrity with his first album, Nissim (Miracles) in 2007. He often performs at Jewish weddings, and in concert and benefit performances with other top-billed Jewish singers.

Family

Gertner was born to a Hasidic Jewish family in the Hendon neighbourhood of London.[1] He is married with six children.[2] His second daughter, Malka, is developmentally disabled; Gertner dedicated the song "Kodesh" ("Holy") on his debut album to her.[2] [3]

Career

Gertner often sings at Jewish weddings and is known for his "sentimental and religious wedding songs", according to The Telegraph, which says he has been called "the Hasidic Robbie Williams".[4] Gertner has appeared in concert with many popular Jewish performers, including Mordechai Ben David, Avraham Fried, Yehuda Green, Yaakov Shwekey, Baruch Levine, and Miami Boys Choir. He was featured in the HASC 24 and 25 concerts, was one of 30 top singers featured on the "Unity for Justice" song produced to benefit the legal defence of Sholom Rubashkin,[5] and often sings at charitable events,[6] [7] [8] including a 2014 appreciation breakfast at which he sang for the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson.[9]

In 2007 Gertner released his first solo album, Nissim, featuring songs composed by Yossi Green, Pinky Weber, Eli Laufer, and other top Jewish composers.[10]

"The Big Event" controversy

In February 2008, a large amount of publicity was generated for a concert of 9 March at Madison Square Garden's WaMu Theater in New York City featuring Lipa Schmeltzer and Gertner, under the playbill "The Big Event". On 20 February, a full-page notice of a rabbinical ban was printed in the Hamodia newspaper. The notice stated that it was "a serious prohibition to attend or perform" at the concert which would lead to "ribaldry and lightheadedness" and added that it was "forbidden to hire these singers to sing at any party, celebration or charity event".[11] [12] [13] Gertner and Schmeltzer backed out of the concert within days, after 3,000 tickets had been sold.[11] [14]

Shortly after the cancellation of "The Big Event", promoters began planning another concert with the scaled-down name "The Event", which went off without controversy before a sell-out crowd[15] at Madison Square Garden's WaMu Theater on 1 March 2009.[16] [17] Later the same year, Aderet Records released a double CD and DVD of "The Event".[18]

Other albums

Gertner's second solo album, Say Asay, was released in 2010.[19] This was followed by two more solo albums, Vehiskin (2012) and Imagine (2013). The latter album features songs in English, Hebrew, and Yiddish.[20] In 2014 Gertner collaborated with Dudi Kalish on the album Dovid V'Shloime (Dovid and Shloime), an all-Yiddish production.[21]

Other activities

Gertner is the co-founder of Shmeichel (Yiddish for "Smile"), a "cheer-up squad" consisting of Gertner and his friends who visit and entertain sick adults and children in the London area.[2]

Albums

Singles

Guest appearances

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: An Evening of Jewish Song. 2013. 10 October 2014. HGSS Friends of Lvov.
  2. Web site: Nisim CD. cduniverse.com. 2014. 10 October 2014.
  3. Web site: Classic Review: Nissim – Shloime Gertner. 18 January 2010. 10 October 2014. Jewish Music Report.
  4. Web site: Inside the private world of London's ultra-Orthodox Jews. Mick. Brown. 25 February 2011. 10 October 2014. The Daily Telegraph. https://web.archive.org/web/20141017095322/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/8326339/Inside-the-private-world-of-Londons-ultra-Orthodox-Jews.html. 17 October 2014. live.
  5. Web site: Video: Rubashkin Unity Song Released. 7 October 2010. 13 October 2014. matzav.com.
  6. News: Shloime Gertner Sings for Kisharon. Kisharon Matters. Spring 2009. 2. 10 October 2014.
  7. Web site: Kumzits unites kehillos. Dina. Rosell. 2 May 2013. 10 October 2014. Jewish Tribune.
  8. Web site: St. Louis Kollel presents Jewish Unity Live 2012. 30 May 2012. 10 October 2014. St. Louis Jewish Light.
  9. Web site: Video: London Mayor Visits Jewish Home In Stamford Hill. 19 August 2014. 13 October 2014. matzav.com.
  10. Web site: Im Ein Ani Li. Jewish Broadcast. 2014. 10 October 2014.
  11. Web site: Levin . Dan . A Clash Between Popular Culture and Orthodox Piety . . 3 March 2008 . 10 October 2014.
  12. Web site: Original ban notice . Hebrew.
  13. News: Resnick. Elliot. Concert Ban Sounds Sour Note For Some. The Jewish Press. 5 March 2008. Two weeks after 33 rabbis banned a concert that was to feature chassidic singers Lipa Schmeltzer and Shloime Gertner, confusion and rumor continue to percolate..
  14. Web site: Sheya Mendlowitz & Shloime Gertner on the Nachum Segal Show. 22 February 2008. 10 October 2014. gruntig.net.
  15. Web site: Monday Music: A Simple Jew With a Touch of Gaga . Ginzberg . Binyomin . 21 March 2011 . 11 October 2014 . The Forward.
  16. Web site: If at First You Don't Succeed... Hasidic Singer, Subject of Rabbinic Ban, Tries Again . Gersten . Lana . 8 January 2009 . 11 October 2014 . The Forward.
  17. News: Aron. Suri. Lipa Schmeltzer's Big Event a Big Success. 11 October 2014. The Jewish Press. 4 March 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20150108212318/http://www.jewishpress.com/sections/community/lipa-schmeltzers-big-event-a-big-success/2009/03/04/. 8 January 2015. live. He was of course referring to the Lipa concert that was banned by certain gedolim. This year, the event made it through, with the permission and brachos from various gedolim..
  18. Web site: 'The Event' to be Released on CD and DVD . Ferber . Elisha . matzav.com . 31 July 2009. 24 March 2011.
  19. Web site: Artist Bios: Shloime Gertner. Jewish Music Report. 9 April 2012. 10 October 2014.
  20. Web site: Shloime Gertner CD Imagine. eichlers.com. 2013. 10 October 2014.
  21. Web site: Shloime Gertner & Dudi Kalish Release Yiddish CD. 12 March 2014. 10 October 2014. Jewish Music Report.

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