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Here's a shout-out to our readers in Argentina and the Spanish speaking world. This year we're featuring some funny Rosh Hashana music videos in Spanish.
Why? Because Argentina is producing some new and funny videos to welcome the New Year 5777. Martin Sipicki is an Argentinian comedian who has been making Rosh Hashana videos for a few years. We only caught up with him this year and you'll see him below playing six different roles in an ensemble video welcome to Rosh Hashana. It's a parody of the song We Are the World. Enjoy! (A SPECIAL NOTE FOR NEW EMAIL SUBSCRIBERS:
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Orquesta Kef is a group of young Argentinian musicians who play
traditional, classical and contemporary Jewish songs. The Kef sound
brings together the emotion, passion and spirit of Jewish music,
generating and sharing good times with their audience.
It all began at the end of the year 2000, near
Chanukah 5761, when a group of young musicians wanted to express and
share their talents with the community.
Shortly after their premiere, Kef found its own and unique musical
style. It is based on the millenary force of tradition and the powerful
emotion of the Jewish culture, mixed in with Latin American sounds.
As we wind down our list of special music videos for Rosh Hashana, today we're bringing you one with a spirited Spanish greeting: Rosh Hashana is coming, and everyone should have a good and sweet year! Enjoy! (A SPECIAL NOTE FOR NEW EMAIL SUBSCRIBERS:
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The Israeli Opera, formerly known as the New Israeli Opera,
is the principal opera company of Israel. It was founded in 1985 after
lack of Israeli government funding led to the demise of the Israel National Opera.
Since 1994 the Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center
has been its main performance venue. The company also founded the
Israeli Opera Festival which has performed large-scale outdoor
productions, originally at Caesarea, and from 2010 in Masada.
Meitar Opera Sudio is a practical study and performance
program for young Israeli opera singers who graduated from any given
music academy and who are on the verge of embarking on an operatic
career. The major goal of the Opera Studio is to nurture operatic talent
in Israel and to help young opera singers to work in their profession.
The Opera Studio program is aimed at young Israeli opera singers who are
willing to hone their craft, further their studies on an ongoing basis
and gain stage experience, thus getting ready for a full-fledged
operatic career.
In this new video, the young Israeli opera singers of the Meitar Opera Studio use their operatic voices to convey a very timely greeting - Shana tova, sh'nat shalom v'ahava -- Wishing you a good year, a year of peace and love. Enjoy! (A SPECIAL NOTE FOR NEW EMAIL SUBSCRIBERS:
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Today we bring you the second in our 2016 series of Rosh Hashana music videos. This one is from Aish.com, the internet site of Aish HaTorah, the Israel-based outreach organization.
Headquartered in Jerusalem near the Western Wall, Aish.com is an apolitical network of Jewish educational centers in 35 branches on five continents. This partnership enables Aish.com users to experience the richness of community at an Aish branch.
The name Aish HaTorah literally means "Fire of Torah." As Elie Weisel said: "Aish HaTorah
means to me the passion of teaching, the passion of learning. The
study of Torah, the source of Jewish values, is the way to Jewish
survival." The music parody is of a pop song called Can't Stop the Feeling by Justin Timberlake. It was filmed in an around the streets of Jerusalem and the Mahane Yehuda market. The lyrics appear just below the video. Enjoy! (A SPECIAL NOTE FOR NEW EMAIL SUBSCRIBERS:
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I got this feeling inside my soul It goes electric, wavy when I turn it on I’m doing a mitzvah, I’m coming home We're flying up, got tzitzis, when we in our zone
I got my Torah in my pocket Got that good soul leading me I feel that pleasure in my soul when it does pop, ooh I can take my eyes up off it, moving so phenomenally Reachin’ out, my soul can rock it, so don't stop
And when I hear that voice inside go “Nowhere to hide, you don’t need to grow Just be a body, you already know So just imagine, just imagine, just imagine” I’m not gonna listen to ya; just grow, grow, grow yeah Goodness creeping up on me Torah – grow, grow, grow, c’mon All those mitzvahs I should do Torah, learn and know yeah And my soul ain't leaving soon, here I grow, yeah
I can't stop the feeling So just grow, grow, grow I can't stop the feeling So here we go, go, go, come on
Ooh, it's something magical It’s Rosh Hashanah, time to choose, souls yearning on Don't need no lying, I’ve got control I fly so high, no cheating, out my comfort zone
'Cause I got my Torah in my pocket Got that good soul telling me I got to use all my potential, just choose life, ooh Time to make that greater vision, living so phenomenally Rosh Hashanah’s gonna rock it, and that’s right
Open machzor cuz everything goes A new beginning when God is so close Makin’ choices when shofars are blown So just imagine, just imagine, just imagine Love that inner Jew in you, just dance, dance, dance Feeling good, good, creeping up on you So just dance, dance, dance, come on All those mitzvahs you can do So just dance, dance, dance And my soul ain't leaving soon, so keep dancing
I can't stop the feeling We got this feeling everybody I can't stop the feeling We got this feeling in my soul I can't stop the feeling We got this feeling everybody I can't stop the feeling We got this feeling in my soul I can't stop the feeling We got this feeling everybody, come on
Bob is an 88-year-old retired Assistant Principal
in the New York school system. His summer duties include joke telling sessions with the seniors who come to the mountains for a summer vacation.
Here's the setup for today's short joke: Sadie is 68 years old and she's thinking of having a face lift. And then... Enjoy!
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Rosh
Hashana begins one week from tonight, so we're going to share some of the new
music videos that have been released with High Holiday themes.
Don't expect a Rosh Hashana video every day -- we'll still post jokes and funny
happenings -- but we'll be posting some of the best new videos as they come in.
We'll kick off the countdown with a music video we just found called Shofar
Shrills that the Singer Family posted. They put new words to the pop hit Cheap
Thrills by Australian singer Sia, and cover the whole range of Rosh Hashana
observances in an upbeat song that we hope you will enjoy! (A SPECIAL NOTE FOR NEW EMAIL SUBSCRIBERS:
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Mechon
Hadar is an educational institution in New York that empowers Jews to create and
sustain vibrant, practicing, egalitarian communities of Torah learning, prayer,
and service.
On one night in January, a twenty-five person
spontaneous Jewish choir came to the choir loft at the Kane Street Synagogue in
Brooklyn to sing a new version of Adon Olam by Joey Weisenberg, Mechon Hadar's Creative
Director of the Center for Jewish Communal Music.
It's a version of Adon Olam that we haven't
heard before, and we suspect it's new to you too. But like many synagogue
mainstays, Adon Olam comes in many different flavors. We hope you'll like this
one as we welcome another Shabbat.
Enjoy and Shabbat shalom!
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One of the most celebrated episodes of All in the Family aired in 1972. It's the classic tale about the time Sammy Davis Jr. stopped by to visit the
Bunkers.
It begins with a briefcase he left in Archie's cab and ends
with the kiss of infamy.
Very few people are aware that the writer of this episode was Bill Dana, who we all know as Jose Jimenez. Dana's appearances with Ed Sullivan and Milton Berle as an astronaut, karate expert, and Santa Claus instructor were legendary.
Last year we profiled Bill Dana as one of the great Jewish comedians. In the interview below he recounts the backstory of how he came to write the episode with producer Norman Lear. Just in case you're yearning to see the full 25 minute long Sammy's Visit episode that Dana and Lear wrote, you'll find it right below the Bill Dana interview. Enjoy! #Throwback Thursday, #TBT
If you've traveled around the world and think you've seen every country with a Jewish presence, you might be pleasantly surprised if you visit the tiny island of Malta, off the coast of Sicily. We came across a short video depicting Jewish history and current Jewish life on the island, and thought we'd share it with you as a break from standup comedy. Of course there's a Chabad House (there's probably one on Mars, too) and Wikipedia has some interesting facts about Malta's Jewish traces. The first Jew known to have set foot on Malta was Paul of Tarsus, whose ship foundered there in 62 CE. Paul went on to introduce Christianity to the island population.
The Jewish people generally prospered during the Middle Ages and were not required to live in ghettos. Most owned agricultural land or worked as merchants. Avraham Abulafia, a well-known Jewish mystic, lived on Comino from 1285 to his death in the 1290s. In 1479 Malta and Sicily came under Aragonese rule and the 1492 Edict of Expulsion
forced all Jews to leave the country. Because they made up such a large
portion of the island's population the Spanish Crown forced them to pay
compensation for the losses caused by their expulsion.
In the time before World War II many Jews fleeing Nazism came to Malta as it was the only European country not to require visas of Jews fleeing German rule. Numerous Maltese Jews fought Germany in the British Army during the war.
Today, 1,000 Jews live in Malta, of which many are elderly due to the
tendency of young inhabitants to emigrate. Maltese Jews live mainly
around the capital. The local flat bread called ftira and the traditional Maltese loaf are both kosher.
In 2000, a new synagogue was built with donations from the United States and the UK. The Jewish Foundation of Malta now manages it along with a Jewish Center. Malta's relations with Israel have been friendly since the former's independence.
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Lin-Manuel Miranda, creator and star of the hit Broadway musical Hamilton, is lending his narrating talents to a new fundraising video produced by Yeshiva University.
Miranda, who is Puerto Rican and not Jewish, has connections to
the school, too. He grew up in Washington Heights — where the main Y.U.
campus is located, and which served as the setting for his first hit,
“In the Heights” — and his mother is an assistant professor at the
Albert Einstein College of Medicine (which was, until earlier this year,
part of Y.U.).
Miranda has given guest lectures there and was given an
honorary doctorate from the school in 2009, when he was 29 — making him
the youngest ever to receive that honor from the university.
Of course, growing up in Washington Heights left him with plenty of Jewish connections outside of Y.U. He has previously said that all of his elementary school friends were Jewish and that he paid his rent before making it big by performing at bar mitzvahs.
Then there’s his love for “Fiddler on the Roof,” which he has said
heavily influenced “In the Heights.” He even surprised his wife at their
wedding by singing “To Life (L’Chaim),” an upbeat tune from “Fiddler.”
In September 2013 we posted the complete To Life production number from Miranda's wedding which he surreptitiously rehearsed with his entire wedding party to surprise his bride. Enjoy! (A SPECIAL NOTE FOR
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It's another Monday morning. And you know what that means. It's time for another Joke to Start the Week. Until now, most of our joke tellers have been from New Jersey and New York. Today we're extending our reach to Connecticut to accommodate our latest joke teller, Joyce Fama.
When she's not telling jokes, Joyce is an award winning Connecticut sculptor. Her medium is fired clay that is finished with custom patinas. As we welcome Joyce to our family of joke tellers, we're inviting any of our readers who want to join the club to send us a video clip of a joke that you think is suitable for posting on a future Monday. The only requirements are that is it has to be funny and family friendly. Here's the setup for today's joke: Three brothers decide to leave their homeland and their mama and go to the United States to seek their fortune. And then... Joyce's comment to accompany the joke is "Be good to yourmama, she'll appreciate it."
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Jeff Ross (born Jeffrey Ross Lipschultz to a Jewish family in Springfield, New Jersey) is a stand-up comedian, actor, and author. His skill in doing high-profile celebrity roasts and his appearances in Comedy Central's Roasts,
have led him to be dubbed "The Roastmaster General." He has appeared in
various film, television, and cartoon projects. He has made appearances
at events for U.S. soldiers and directed a documentary film covering his experiences touring U.S. bases in Iraq. Here's Jeff in a Comedy Central special when he asked for someone in the audience to come up to the stage to assist him in a comedy routine. He got more than he bargained for when Larry the Toll Booth Operator accepted his invitation. Enjoy! (A SPECIAL NOTE FOR
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If your synagogue is anything like ours,
the Shabbat service ends with Adon Olam. This is usually led by a
prepubescent boy with questionable pitch, key, and general singing
ability. This is good for the kid educationally, and should be
encouraged. Musically, however, it's not always the best way to lift spirits
for the rest of Shabbat and the week ahead. But it's not that way around the world.
Adon Olam has become a staple of many singers, choruses, bands, and
other musical troupes, both in synagogue and on the concert stage. Back in 2010 we started a new series,
presenting renditions of Adon Olam from performers worldwide, including
traditional and eclectic versions. Since then we have posted 19 different versions to provide you with a fun way to
start Shabbat.
Today we find ourselves back in the USA, at Congregation B'nai Israel in Boca Raton, Florida, where as part of an annual Chocolate Shabbat Cantor Stephanie Shore led a version of Adon Olam set to the tune of A Spoonful of Sugar from the movie Mary Poppins. We can only hope that it helped the cholent go down...in a most delightful way. Enjoy and Shabbat shalom! (A SPECIAL NOTE FOR
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Although every episode of the TV sitcom Seinfeld oozes with a feeling of Jewishness, only a handful of them actually involve Jewish situations, such as a bris or a bar mitzvah. One of the most Jewy episodes is the 159th episode. It was the third episode of the ninth and final season. It aired in the U.S. on October 9, 1997.
In this episode, titled The Serenity Now, Elaine discovers her "shiksa appeal" and suddenly every Jewish man in
New York, including her former boss, his Bar Mitzvah age son, and Jerry, is attracted to her. Elaine seeks help from the rabbi to see if she can reduce her "shiksa-appeal" but instead of giving her advice, the rabbi comes on to her.
We know this episode will get a mixed reaction from our readers, but it's Jewish, it's funny, and it makes a statement about the role of Jewish life in pop culture. So relax, lighten up, and enjoy! (A SPECIAL NOTE FOR
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Jerry Lewis is getting a special gift for his 90th birthday -- the release of his latest movie, Max Rose. Unlike most of Jerry's other films, Max Rose is not a comedy. It's a drama about aging. The film also stars Kevin Pollak, Kerry Bishe, Dean Stockwell and Claire Bloom. It is Lewis's first starring film role since 1995's Funny Bones.
A preliminary cut of the film was shown at the Cannes Film Festival in 2013. It had its first official screening, and US premiere, at the Museum of Modern Art as the final piece of a MOMA exhibition called "Happy Birthday, Mr. Lewis: The Kid Turns 90" in April 2016.
Max Rose will receive limited theatrical release this month, with nationwide expansion to follow through October.
In the film, Lewis stars as a jazz pianist who makes a discovery days before the death of his wife that
causes him to believe his sixty-five-year marriage was a lie. He embarks
on an exploration of his own past that brings him face to face with a
menagerie of characters from a bygone era. Here is the theatrical trailer to give you a preview of Max Rose. Enjoy! (A SPECIAL NOTE FOR
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Just Published: The Kustanowitz Kronikle - 35 Years of Purim Parody
Every Purim for the past 35 years we have published a Purim parody edition of The Kustanowitz Kronikle, covering virtually every aspect of Jewish life, and including parodies of hundreds of popular movies. This year we decided to retire the series and capture all the fun in a book that's just been published and is available at Amazon.com. It has every Purim issue of The Kustanowitz Kronikle from 1988 through 2022 in a full-color, full-size paperback book with hilarious headline stories and parody movie picks. Here are a few examples: TRUMP, NETANYAHU SWAP ROLES, COUNTRIES; NEW TALMUD VOLUME "VOTIN" FOUND IN IRAQ; JOINS "FRESSIN", "NAPPIN", TANTZEN","PATCHEN"; "JUDAICARE" PROGRAM PLANNED TO ENSURE THAT ALL JEWS HAVE SYNAGOGUE MEMBERSHIP; RABBIS CREATE TALMUD AMERICANI; NEW LAWS EXTEND HALACHA TO THANKSGIVING AND JULY 4; JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS WORLDWIDE UNITE TO STOP GLOBAL WARMING; FOCUS ON REDUCING HOT AIR; RABBIS TO REQUIRE SHECHITA FOR MANY FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
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This book presents 150 anecdotes and associated video clips that reveal the myriad ways that Jewish culture, religion, humor, music, song, and dance have found expression in parts of the world that, at first glance, might not seem supportive of Jewish Life. It includes 50 videos of Hava Nagila being performed from Texas to Thailand, from India to Iran, and from Buenos Aires to British Columbia. Also highlighted are 34 international versions of Hevenu Shalom Aleichem, Adon Olam, Abanibi, and Tumbalalaika. Whether you’re reading the print version and typing in the video URLs or reading the e-book version and clicking on the links, you’ll have access to 150 video clips totaling more than 10 hours of video. Enjoy!
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This book explores the multifaceted nature of humor in Israel, some of which is intentional and some of which is unintentional. Either way, the quirks of Israeli life contribute to making that life interesting and fulfilling. In the pages of this volume, we take a look at humorous slices of Israeli life, Israeli comedy, satire and parody, funny TV commercials, unusual stories about food, surprising rabbinic bans on daily activities, simchas as they can only be celebrated in Israel, and endearing aspects of Israeli culture. There are more than 120 anecdotes and links to video clips totaling more than six hours of video. We hope that these anecdotes and video clips give you a new and different insight into life in Israel, and encourage you to join in the fun by planning a visit to the land flowing with milk and honey.
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A long-term devotee of Jewish humor, Al Kustanowitz has been collecting and sharing it even before there was an internet. In 2009, after a 36-year career at IBM managing new technology projects, he founded Jewish Humor Central (jewishhumorcentral.com. Through the blog he brings a daily dose of fun and positive energy to readers who would otherwise start the day reading news that is often drab, dreary, and depressing (subscribing is free). He has published 12 books on humor based on his more than 4,000 blog postings, each of which includes a video clip and his commentary.
He has presented more than 100 programs in South Florida and the Northeast on topics that include the great comedians and entertainers of the 20th century, funniest moments in film and television, flash mobs around the world, and composers and lyricists of the Great American Songbook.
He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees from the City University of New York and taught computer science courses at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the International Association of Yiddish Clubs.
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Thoughts on the Haggadah by Rabbi Eli Teitelbaum
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Hamantaschen: The Symbolism behind Purim Cookies
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Purim is a celebration of masquerade, Mishloach Manot, Hamantaschen and
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Taking the Shuk to the Next Level
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Anyone who has spent any time on my blog, or just getting to know me, knows
how much I love Jerusalem’s famous outdoor market, Shuk Machane Yehuda.
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Kettlebell Training Massachusetts
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In April 2006, legislation was passed requiring all residents in
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Just when you thought it was safe to eat your bagels in mixed company,
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