{{Short description|American-Israeli musician (born 1956)}} {{notability|bio|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox musical artist | honorific_prefix = | name = Adam Wexler | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | landscape = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | alt = | caption = | native_name = אדם וקסלר | native_name_lang = he | birth_name = | alias = | birth_date = 1956 | birth_place = Minneapolis, Minnesota | origin = Bat Ayin, Israel | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date 1st) --> | death_place = | genre = Jewish rock | occupation = | instrument = Bass guitar, vocals | years_active = 1977–present | label = | past_member_of = Diaspora Yeshiva Band, Reva L'Sheva | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> }}
'''Adam Wexler''' ({{Langx|he|אדם וקסלר}}) is an American-Israeli musician best known as the bassist for Jewish rock groups Diaspora Yeshiva Band and Reva L'Sheva.
==Biography== Wexler grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and started playing at age five.<ref name="jp">{{cite news|author1=Yehuda Poch|title=Captivating the Jewish Soul|publisher=The Jerusalem Post|date=Sep 24, 1999}}</ref> He is a cousin of singer-songwriter Peter Himmelman.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Paul Wieder|title=Biblical Blues: The Ruby Harris Electric Violin Blues Review's Almost Home|url=http://www.rubyharrismusic.com/InternetMagArticle.htm|publisher=Jewish World Review|accessdate=14 February 2016|date=August 1, 2001}} Archived at rubyharrismusic.com.</ref>
In 1975, Wexler became one of the founding members of the Diaspora Yeshiva Band, along with Avraham Rosenblum, Ben Zion Solomon, Simcha Abramson, Ruby Harris, and Gedalia Goldstein. The group, which played rock and bluegrass with Jewish lyrics, released six albums before disbanding in 1983.
Wexler was an associate of Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, performing on several albums in the 1980s and early 1990s. Shortly after Carlebach's death in 1994, Wexler and fellow Carlebach devotee Yehuda Katz co-formed the band Reva L'Sheva. Combining a Carlebach influence with a jam band rock sound, the band was a forebear of the post-Carlebach Jewish rock scene, preceding bands like Moshav, Soulfarm, and Blue Fringe. The band released six studio albums before disbanding in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Brinn, David|title=Reva L'Sheva's seven-year itch|url=https://www.jpost.com/Arts-and-Culture/Music/Reva-LShevas-seven-year-itch-336804|website=The Jerusalem Post|accessdate=14 December 2015|date=Jan 1, 2014}}</ref>
==Child molestation case== On December 23, 2004, Wexler was indicted and later jailed on charges he had sexually abused an eight-year-old girl in his neighborhood. The charges, most of which Wexler admitted to, included three instances of "rape, indecent acts, and indecent assaults" committed between 1994 and 1996.<ref>{{cite web|title=A member of the "Reva L'Sheva" band is accused of rape and sexual abuse of a minor|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.globes.co.il%2Fnews%2Farticle.aspx%3Fdid%3D867009&edit-text=&act=url|website=Globes|language=Hebrew|accessdate=27 February 2018|date=Dec 23, 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author1=Noam Sharvit|title=Hasidic musician suspected of raping an eight-year-old girl|url=http://news.msn.co.il/news/CriminalLawCourt/Law/200412/20041223153200.htm|publisher=MSN News|accessdate=27 February 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050920080123/http://news.msn.co.il/news/CriminalLawCourt/Law/200412/20041223153200.htm|archivedate=September 20, 2005|language=Hebrew|date=Dec 23, 2004|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>
==Discography==
===Credits=== *''Was Credited in Raw tape #5 by Reverse Chronological for the song Suburban Sprawl (2003-2004)''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.discogs.com/release/25842988-Reverse-Chronological-Raw-Tape-5 | title=Reverse Chronological - Raw Tape #5 | website=Discogs | date=2004 }}</ref>
===Solo albums=== *''A Million Voices'' (2005)
===With Diaspora Yeshiva Band=== * ''The Diaspora Yeshiva Band'' (1976) * ''Melave Malka with the Diaspora Yeshiva Band'' (1977) * ''At the Gate of Return'' (1978) * ''Live From King David's Tomb'' (1980) * ''Land of Our Fathers'' (1981) * ''Diaspora Live on Mt. Zion'' (1982) * ''Live at Carnegie Hall'' (1992) * ''The Diaspora Collection'' (2000)
===With Shlomo Carlebach=== *''Shlomo Sings with the Children Of Israel (Hiney Anochi V'hayeladim)'' (1989) *''The Gift of Shabbos'' (1995) *''Open Your Hearts (Music Made From The Soul, Vol. 1) (1986 Recordings)'' (1997) *''Holy Brothers and Sisters (Music Made From The Soul, Vol. 2) (1986 Recordings)'' (1997)
===With Reva L'Sheva=== *''Higia HaZman'' (1996) *''Kumu'' (1998) *''Etz Chaim Hee: Secrets'' (1999) *''Avahat Chinam: One Love'' (2001) *''10: Live'' (2004) *''V'Sham Nashir'' (2005)
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