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Posted By richards on March 10, 2015

Your favorite all-women, Hasidic Jewish rock band from Brooklyn needs your help.

Throughout the last few years, Bulletproof Stockings have captured headlines, playing packed, women-only shows at some of New Yorks marquee rock venues, including Arlenes Grocery, Bar Matchless, and the Bitter End.

And while the two founding members of the band, Dalia Shusterman and Perl Wolf, have enjoyed the spotlight, they say its time for the next challenge: recording their first full-length album.

Shusterman and Wolf launched a Kickstarter page last week on the first day of Purim, a Jewish holiday, asking fans to help them raise $36,000.

We ran the numbers, and that's the amount of money we need to make the album, the duo explained on the Kickstarter page, pointing to the costs of renting studio space, hiring a producer and an engineer, among other expenses. But they also chose $36,000 for a more spiritual reason.

In Judaism, the number 18 is the numerical value of the word "chai" which means life," they wrote. Because of this, many Jews give charity in multiples of 18. 36 is two times 18 - double life!

In a video on the page, Shusterman explains that while their music and lyrics are definitely based in the Torah, Hasidic concepts -- even some of the imagery is related to stories within the Torah, the overall theme is a universal message of just life, triumph and struggle and questioning and getting back on your feet.

The pair formed Bulletproof Stockings -- named for the tights traditionally worn by observant Hasidic Jewish women -- during a tumultuous time in both of their lives. Wolfe was going through a divorce, and Shustermans husband, with whom she had four children, suddenly died.

It was the fruition of two paths coming together, Shusterman told The Huffington Post in August.

In addition to singing, Shusterman plays the drums and Wolfe plays the keyboard. Theyve since added a cellist and a violinist.

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