Musical Showcase: Meet Stereo Sinai and the Punk Song of Solomon

We've been showcasing new Jewish comedians and revisiting some classic old-timers in the six years that Jewish Humor Central has been visible online. Now we're doing the same for Jewish musical groups that are new on the scene and who make music that we like a lot.

 

Stereo Sinai is the married duo Miriam Brosseau and Alan Sufrin, who took a one of the most quoted parts of Kohelet and turned it into a dance-pop version of Ecclesiastes that they call The Punk Song of Solomon. 

 

Kohelet, the Book of Ecclesiastes, is usually read on the holiday of Sukkot. But as the video below shows, there's no reason to restrict the message of the book to one holiday. 

 

Here are the lyrics, in English, Hebrew, and in transliteration.

Meaninglessness of meaninglessness! All is meaningless. [Ecclesiastes 1:2] … 
That which has been is that which will be, and that which has been created is that which will be created; 
and there’s nothing new underneath the sun. [Ecclesiastes 1:9]

הֲבֵ֥ל הֲבָלִ֖ים הַכֹּ֥ל הָֽבֶל׃ [קהלת א:ב] … מַה־שֶּֽׁהָיָה֙ ה֣וּא שֶׁיִּֽהְיֶ֔ה וּמַה־שֶּׁנַּֽעֲשָׂ֔ה ה֖וּא שֶׁיֵּֽעָשֶׂ֑ה וְאֵ֥ין כָּל־חָדָ֖שׁ תַּ֥חַת הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ [קהלת א:ט]ו
Havel havalim ha-kol havel. Ma she-haya hu she-yih’yeh, u-ma she-naasa hu she-yease, ve-ein kol chadash tachat ha-shemesh.

Enjoy!

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