On the Shabbat before Purim, known as Shabbat Zachor, Mi Kamokha, a Piyyut of considerable length by Yehuda Halevi is inserted into Nishmat during Shacharit.
In anticipation of this, the Friday night service at Congregation Shearith Israel concludes with Hazzan Daniel Halfon singing Yigdal set to the melody of that Piyyut.
Enjoy, and Shabbat shalom!
Shahar is an entertainer who paved his way through the best entertainment programs in Israel: Eretz Nehederet, Zahirut TV, TV at its best, Laughter from Work, Limited Edition, Fun Night, Express Hearts and more.
In this performance before a live audience, Shahar delivers a stand-up routine filled with humorous observations about Biblical names, conflicts with Iran, and doctors.
Enjoy!
After a series of theatrical
film shorts, also titled Candid Microphone,
Funt's concept came to television on August 10, 1948, and continued
into the 1970s.
The show involved concealing cameras filming ordinary people being
confronted with unusual situations, sometimes involving trick props,
such as a desk with drawers that pop open when one is closed or a car
with a hidden extra gas tank. When the joke was revealed, victims would
be told the show's catchphrase, "Smile, you're on Candid Camera."
Peter Funt joined the show professionally in 1987 when he became a co-host with his father. During this time the show was being broadcast on the CBS television network. In 1993, Allen Funt had a serious stroke, from which he never fully recovered. This required Peter to host the show full-time.
The show went through a few revivals. During his time on the show Peter was a producer, host and acted on the show. He also produced and hosted over 200 episodes.
Twenty-three years ago the Candid Camera team asked people in the street if they would be willing to eat bugs or harm family members if they were paid a lot of money to appear on a reality TV show. Let's watch their reactions when they were told they're on Candid Camera.
Enjoy!
Having performed for Jewish organizations and causes all over the globe, Modi’s unique vantage point lends a birds-eye view of what it means to be Jewish in today’s day and age.
Modi’s
performance represents a modern interpretation of the Borscht-belt
comedians who came before him. Drawing inspiration from Jackie Mason and
Alan King, Modi’s larger-than-life stage presence sends a clear
message: be true to your audience and the rest will follow.
In this video clip from Know Your Audience, Modi tells us how he reacts to requests from his Jewish audiences to keep his performance clean.
Enjoy!
After a distinguished and meritorious dental career, he is shifting his focus to telling and posting jokes on YouTube. We were fortunate to find some of his jokes and we're sharing one of the family-friendly ones with you today.
Here's
the setup: Sol Schwartz is a traveling salesman in the garment industry. One day after a long, long day and as he's about to get to the front desk to get a room, another woman arrives. And then...
Enjoy!
Alex is from Boston and he appeared on the Conan O'Brien show.He recently appeared in a one-man show on Broadway called Just for Us.
In this stand-up routine he talks about the first time he was aware of being Jewish.
Enjoy!
In this video clip from 1965 on the Ed Sullivan Show, Rivka sings I Could Have Danced All Night in Hebrew, a song she sang in Israel when she originated the role of Eliza Doolittle in the original 1964 Israeli production of My Fair Lady.
Enjoy!
After a series of theatrical
film shorts, also titled Candid Microphone,
Funt's concept came to television on August 10, 1948, and continued
into the 1970s.
The show involved concealing cameras filming ordinary people being
confronted with unusual situations, sometimes involving trick props,
such as a desk with drawers that pop open when one is closed or a car
with a hidden extra gas tank. When the joke was revealed, victims would
be told the show's catchphrase, "Smile, you're on Candid Camera."
Peter Funt joined the show professionally in 1987 when he became a co-host with his father. During this time the show was being broadcast on the CBS television network. In 1993, Allen Funt had a serious stroke, from which he never fully recovered. This required Peter to host the show full-time.
The show went through a few revivals. During his time on the show Peter was a producer, host and acted on the show. He also produced and hosted over 200 episodes.
Sixty-three years ago the Candid Camera producers gilded two of their staff members with gold paint and made them look like statues. Let's see what happens when they seem to come alive.
Enjoy!
Marshal (Mickey) Greenblatt received degrees from Columbia (BA and BS in Flight Sciences), a DC from Von Karman Institute (1963) and his PhD from Princeton in Aerospace Sciences. He worked as a researcher for NASA and the Naval Research Laboratory.
With four other scientists, he founded Fusion Systems Corporation, which invented microwave-powered UV lamps for drying coatings. He founded and served on the boards of technology companies and is active in volunteer work. He served on the executive committee of the Jewish Council for the Aging of Greater Washington for many years.
Mickey also loves Jewish jokes and sent us this one to share with you. Here's the setup: Sol and Sophie are both 62 years old. They're celebrating their 35th wedding anniversary in a very romantic restaurant. It's another Monday and time for another Joke to Start the Week. Today Mickey Greenblatt is back with another good one.
Marshal (Mickey) Greenblatt received degrees from Columbia (BA and BS in Flight Sciences), a DC from Von Karman Institute (1963) and his PhD from Princeton in Aerospace Sciences. He worked as a researcher for NASA and the Naval Research Laboratory.
With four other scientists, he founded Fusion Systems Corporation, which invented microwave-powered UV lamps for drying coatings. He founded and served on the boards of technology companies and is active in volunteer work. He served on the executive committee of the Jewish Council for the Aging of Greater Washington for many years.
Mickey also loves Jewish jokes and sent us this one. Here's the setup: Two women were sitting next to each other on a long flight cross-country. They started a conversation, and then...
Enjoy!
Garry
Shandling was an American comedian, actor, writer, producer and director
who was born November 29, 1949 in Chicago, to a Jewish
family. He grew up in Tucson, Arizona, one of three sons of Muriel
Estelle (née Singer), a pet store proprietor, and Irving Shandling, a
print shop owner.
His persona was an anxiety-ridden, grimacing, guarded, confused man on
the verge of losing control. After a couple of years on the road, a
talent scout from The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson booked
him to appear as a guest in 1981. Shandling substituted for Carson on a
regular basis until 1987, when he left to focus on his cable show
leaving Jay Leno as permanent guest host and Carson's eventual
successor.
Here is the video of Shandling's first performance on the Johnny Carson Show in 1981.
Enjoy!
In this video, the congregants of Central Reform Congregation sing Shalom Aleichem to welcome Shabbat at one of their Friday night services.
Enjoy, and Shabbat shalom!
In this segment, Joan reflects on her life after being married for five years, including observations about her husband, her kids, and hosting a party for nine 2-year-olds.
Enjoy!
After a series of theatrical
film shorts, also titled Candid Microphone,
Funt's concept came to television on August 10, 1948, and continued
into the 1970s.
The show involved concealing cameras filming ordinary people being
confronted with unusual situations, sometimes involving trick props,
such as a desk with drawers that pop open when one is closed or a car
with a hidden extra gas tank. When the joke was revealed, victims would
be told the show's catchphrase, "Smile, you're on Candid Camera."
Peter Funt joined the show professionally in 1987 when he became a co-host with his father. During this time the show was being broadcast on the CBS television network. In 1993, Allen Funt had a serious stroke, from which he never fully recovered. This required Peter to host the show full-time.
The show went through a few revivals. During his time on the show Peter was a producer, host and acted on the show. He also produced and hosted over 200 episodes.
In this Candid Camera classic stunt set in a California car rental office 24 years ago, the rental agent told customers a new policy required them to pass an eye test before they could rent a car. But the eye chart was impossible to read. Watch their reactions when told that they failed the test.
Enjoy!
Brindisi is a city in the Apulia region of southern Italy. It is a major port on the Adriatic Sea, serving as a gateway to Greece and the eastern Mediterranean. Brindisi is known for its historic sites, including the Roman Column marking the end of the Appian Way.
The song was taken from the CD of her Jewish music group, Shanah Tovah. The song tells the story of a love story, about a shy boy who can't bring himself to declare his feelings for the girl he loves. To hide his passion, he asks her riddles.
Enjoy!
Dubbed "The Tiktok Rabbi," Rabbi Rapoport is a congregational Rabbi, musician, filmmaker and motivational speaker. His upbeat, humorous, and engaging style brings meaning and inspiration to the many who follow him.
With over 20 Million views and more than 220,000 followers on Instagram and Tiktok @RabbiRaps shares daily inspirational messages and lessons.
Here's the setup for today's joke: There's a Jewish horse that understands Hebrew. When you want it to go, you say Baruch Hashem. When you want it to stop, you say Amen. And then...
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
In this video the choir sings an upbeat version of Ein Keloheinu, a hymn from the Shabbat Musaf service at the San Diego Oasis in Rancho Bernardo. Enjoy, and Shabbat Shalom!
Best known for his singing career with three of his brothers as The Ames Brothers, and his acting in the role of Mingo, a Cherokee tribesman in the TV series Daniel Boone, Ames was a committed Zionist and president of the California chapter of the Zionist Organization of America.
In a 2007 TV special, "My Music: 50s Pop Parade" Ed Ames joined The Four Lads in a rendition of the Ames Brothers' 1954 hit song The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane.
The lyrics suggest that this "naughty lady" driving the whole town crazy is an attractive young woman who "throws those come-hither glances at every Tom, Dick and Joe" and "when offered some liquid refreshment never says no"; but the last line reveals her to be an infant "nine days old"
Enjoy!
After a series of theatrical
film shorts, also titled Candid Microphone,
Funt's concept came to television on August 10, 1948, and continued
into the 1970s.
The show involved concealing cameras filming ordinary people being
confronted with unusual situations, sometimes involving trick props,
such as a desk with drawers that pop open when one is closed or a car
with a hidden extra gas tank. When the joke was revealed, victims would
be told the show's catchphrase, "Smile, you're on Candid Camera."
Peter Funt joined the show professionally in 1987 when he became a co-host with his father. During this time the show was being broadcast on the CBS television network. In 1993, Allen Funt had a serious stroke, from which he never fully recovered. This required Peter to host the show full-time.
The show went through a few revivals. During his time on the show Peter was a producer, host and acted on the show. He also produced and hosted over 200 episodes.
In this Candid Camera classic stunt set in a 7-Eleven store 25 years ago, the Candid Camera crew placed expired parking meters in front of the store and wrote parking tickets for the car owners as they emerged. Watch their outraged reactions.
Enjoy!
In 1948, the Chorus changed its name to The Jewish People’s Philharmonic Chorus—likely to avoid scrutiny during the McCarthy era. Now that it's a century old, they changed the name again—to reflect the goals of learning, enjoying, and promoting the Yiddish language and Yiddish choral music.
The chorus is a multigenerational thirty-five-voice ensemble. They're students, professionals, and robust retirees, all in love with singing and committed to promoting Yiddish language and culture through beautiful four-part harmony.
Led by conductor Binyumen Schaechter, they perform each spring and fall at Merkin Concert Hall and most summers at the North American Jewish Choral Festival. They've also performed at Symphony Space, Carnegie Hall, Shea Stadium, West Point, Queens College, the World Trade Center site after 9/11, and places of worship throughout the New York metropolitan area.
Today we're sharing a video of the chorus singing a Yiddish version of Giacomo Puccini's O Mia Babbino Caro at the Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center in New York City.
Binyumen Schaechter is the chorus conductor and Seth Weinstein is the pianist.
Enjoy!
Comedian Milton Berle's career as an entertainer spanned over eight decades, first in silent films and on stage as a child actor, then in radio, movies and television. Born Mendel Berlinger in 1908, he dominated the television screen for most of the twentieth century.
Here's a video of Milton Berle in the first of many appearances hosting The Hollywood Palace in 1965.
Enjoy!
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