This week on “Picture Perfect,” to coincide with the Jewish High Holy Days, we’ll have music from movies and television series informed by aspects of the Jewish experience.

We’ll begin with “Exodus” (1960), based on the bestselling novel by Leon Uris, about the founding of the State of Israel. The book is said to have been the biggest seller in the United States since “Gone with the Wind.” The film was directed by Otto Preminger. Paul Newman and Eva Marie Saint lead an all-star cast. Ernest Gold’s stirring music was recognized with an Academy Award and is probably his best-known achievement.

Barry Levinson’s semi-autobiographical “Avalon” (1990) explores the immigrant experience and, for better or worse, the assimilation of a Jewish family into American culture. Alongside his work on “The Natural,” Randy Newman’s score is probably one of his best-loved.

The balance of the hour will be devoted to music from two acclaimed television scores: one for the NBC miniseries “Holocaust” (1978), written by the esteemed concert composer Morton Gould, and the other, the PBS series “Heritage: Civilization and the Jews” (1984), by Emmy Award-winning composer John Duffy.

I hope you’ll join me for a “new year” sampler of films about the Jewish experience this week, on “Picture Perfect,” music for the movies, this Saturday evening at 6:00 EDT, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.