Wednesday, February 20, 2013

12-Year-Old Israeli Performer Sings Yiddish Classics


Last year in Jerusalem's International Conference Center at a party celebrating the mass Bar Mitzvah of 110 orphaned boys coordinated by Colel Chabad, professional child singer Daniel Pruzansky sang two Yiddshe classics: A Yiddishe Mamme and Oyfn Pripetchik. 

Daniel Pruzansky was born in 1999 and he lives in Rosh Ha'ayin. He plays the piano and clarinet and knows how to sing opera. When he was six he won the first place in a young talent competition becoming the solo singer of the band Kinderlach. At the age of nine he released his first album which contains sixteen songs and he represented Israel at the Slavic Bazaar festival two years ago.

Daniel and five girl singers have formed a band called Kids.il. The group’s name refers to Israel’s international domain suffix, which is .il. Working with musician Ohad Hitman, they wrote the song Let the Music Win, the Israeli entry in the Junior Eurovision contest. 

In the first video below, Daniel sings A Yiddishe Mamme and Oyfn Pripetchik. The video that follows is the official entry in the Junior Eurovision contest, with Kids.il singing the chorus in four languages: English, Russian, French, and Hebrew.  

Enjoy!

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(A tip of the kippah and a copy of our e-book Jewish Humor on Your Desktop: Humor in Jewish Life to May Herlands for bringing this talented young singer to our attention.)
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9 comments:

  1. DarrylWednesday, February 20, 2013 at 9:32:00 AM EST

    The music is wonderful! The editing is great! :)

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  2. AnonymousWednesday, February 20, 2013 at 10:24:00 AM EST

    Why do they have to be so rude as to walk in front of the young man during his performance--We can do without the big hats when a yarmulke would do as well. Someone should teach them all to respect any performer.His voice for a youngster is excellent. as is his delivery.

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  3. AnonymousWednesday, February 20, 2013 at 11:32:00 AM EST

    This boy's singing took my breathe away...So much nostalgia with warm waves of days long gone.

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  4. goldabaylaWednesday, February 20, 2013 at 1:44:00 PM EST

    a delight! The boy's got soul!

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  5. AnonymousWednesday, February 20, 2013 at 3:39:00 PM EST

    Reminds me of the lead singer in the Chazen choirs on the High Holy Days.

    Wonderful.

    Sid Finkel

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  6. AnonymousThursday, February 21, 2013 at 4:54:00 AM EST

    Kids have a lot of talent and the music is fine but isn't this a humor site. Sorry I am just a crabby old man.

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    1. AlMonday, February 25, 2013 at 8:29:00 AM EST

      Note to "crabby old man": Please read the mission statement at the top of the page under the Jewish Humor Central logo. We try to be faithful to it and based on the great majority of responses and commments, we think we're providing just the right mix of jokes, humor, music, song, dance, funny news, and nachas-producing anecdotes. We always welcome feedback and if any other readers want to express opinions on our mix of blog posts, please do so here.

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  7. AnonymousSaturday, February 23, 2013 at 7:20:00 PM EST

    I agree that many of the audience members were behaving in a rude manner. There was no need to be walking around, effectively ignoring the performer. It was delightful watching the young audience members vamping for the camera, like young bar mitzvah boys everywhere.
    Daniel has a magnificent voice.

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  8. AnonymousMonday, February 25, 2013 at 12:28:00 AM EST

    A wonderfully talented young man. Gotta wonder about the choice of song... My Yiddishe Mama for a celebration of ORPHANS???

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