Chasidim Know How to Have Fun in Beit Shemesh

The tish (table) of Rabbi Elimelech Biderman in Beit Shemesh, Israel, was the scene of dancing and singing last June, when one of the chasidim jumped onto the table.

The chasid started wearing a shtreimel, but quickly removed it, revealing a black kippah. He then picked up a traditional brimmed black hat and proceeded to dance, balancing the brim on his nose.

Next, he danced with a bottle on his head and, with only partial success, attempted to fill the almost empty bottle with more liquid from a second bottle. 

Who says chasidim don't know how to have fun?

Enjoy!

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Jewish Traces in Unexpected Places: Tisha B'Av Psalm Inspires Pop Song and Line Dance

Today is Tisha B'Av, an annual fast day in Judaism which commemorates the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem and the subsequent exile of the Jews from the Land of Israel to Babylon.

The day also commemorates other tragedies which occurred on the same day, including the Roman massacre of over 100,000 Jews at Betar in 132 CE. It was instituted by the rabbis of 2nd-century Palestine.

Tisha B'Av is regarded as the saddest day in the Jewish calendar, a day in which all pleasurable activity is forbidden, and is marked by synagogue attendance the night before and during the day. But that doesn't mean there's no singing, or more accurately, chanting.

The highlight of the day's service is the chanting of the megillah of Eicha (Lamentations), written by the prophet Jeremiah. Eicha is read in synagogues and in groups meeting indoors and outdoors.

In some Jewish communities Psalm 137 is recited or chanted. It reads:

Psalms Chapter 137 1. By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, we also wept, when we remembered Zion. 2. We hung our lyres on the willows in its midst. 3. For there those who carried us away captive required of us a song; and those who tormented us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion. 4. How shall we sing the Lord’s song in a foreign land? 5. If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. 6. If I do not remember you, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy. 7. Remember, O Lord, against the Edomites, the day of Jerusalem; who said, Raze it, raze it, to its foundation. 8. O daughter of Babylon, you are to be destroyed! Happy shall he be, who repays you for what you have done to us. 9. Happy shall he be, who takes your little ones and dashes them against the rock.

פרק קלז א עַֽל־נַֽהֲרוֹת | בָּבֶל שָׁם יָשַׁבְנוּ גַּם־בָּכִינוּ בְּזָכְרֵנוּ אֶת־צִיּֽוֹן : ב עַל־עֲרָבִים בְּתוֹכָהּ תָּלִינוּ כִּנֹּרוֹתֵֽינוּ : ג כִּי שָׁם שְֽׁאֵלוּנוּ שׁוֹבֵינוּ דִּבְרֵי־שִׁיר וְתוֹלָלֵינוּ שִׂמְחָה שִׁירוּ לָנוּ מִשִּׁיר צִיּֽוֹן : ד אֵיךְ נָשִׁיר אֶת־שִׁיר יְהֹוָה עַל אַדְמַת נֵכָֽר : ה אִֽם־אֶשְׁכָּחֵךְ יְֽרוּשָׁלָם תִּשְׁכַּח יְמִינִֽי : ו תִּדְבַּק־לְשׁוֹנִי | לְחִכִּי אִם־לֹא אֶזְכְּרֵכִי אִם־לֹא אַֽעֲלֶה אֶת־יְרֽוּשָׁלַם עַל רֹאשׁ שִׂמְחָתִֽי : ז זְכֹר יְהֹוָה | לִבְנֵי אֱדוֹם אֵת יוֹם יְֽרוּשָׁלָם הָאֹמְרִים עָרוּ | עָרוּ עַד הַיְסוֹד בָּֽהּ : ח בַּת־בָּבֶל הַשְּׁדוּדָה אַשְׁרֵי שֶׁיְשַׁלֶּם־לָךְ אֶת־גְּמוּלֵךְ שֶׁגָּמַלְתְּ לָֽנוּ : ט אַשְׁרֵי | שֶׁיֹּאחֵז וְנִפֵּץ אֶֽת־עֹלָלַיִךְ אֶל־הַסָּֽלַע

But the liturgy of Tisha B'Av has found an audience beyond traditional Jews observing a sad day.

The words of the Psalms (highlighted in blue above) were incorporated into Rivers of Babylon, a Rastafarian song written and recorded by Brent Dowe and Trevor McNaughton of the Jamaican reggae group The Melodians in 1970. The Melodians' original version of the song appeared in the soundtrack album of the 1972 movie The Harder They Come, making it internationally known.

The song was popularized in Europe by the 1978 Boney M. cover version, which was awarded a platinum disc and is one of the top ten all-time best-selling singles in the UK.

Somehow the song has been adopted by line dance devotees, primarily in Korea, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia. The two videos below show the original song with lyrics followed by one of the line dance interpretations from Korea.

If you're fasting today, we wish you an easy and meaningful fast.

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In Jerusalem a Flash Mob Can Pop Up Anywhere

There's something about a flash mob that appeals to us, especially when it pops up in the streets of Jerusalem. It reinforces our belief that Israel is a funny and happy country, despite what the world press writes about it.

It is a routine day in Jerusalem's First Station compound, a moment before the end of 2015. With the first sounds of a popular Israeli song, Shoshana by Avraham Tal, dozens of dancers from one of the city's community centers pop out of nowhere for a Jerusalem flash mob. 

Enjoy!

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Key Tov Orchestra Celebrates Yom Yerushalayim with Jerusalem Song Mashup

Elliot Dvorin and the Key Tov Orchestra are at it again.

We have featured the Chicago-based wedding band before, performing a flash mob version of Hashem Melech and and a mashup of Passover songs in downtown Chicago, with the Kol Ish a cappella singers in a bluegrass version of Yigdal, in an Israeli salsa number in Miami, and in a Chicago mashup of Chanukah songs old and new.

In March they released a new music video that was filmed in some of the most iconic locations in Tel Aviv. Now they're back just in time for Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day) wiith a talented team of dancers performing stunning choreography to a variety of musical styles in familiar sites around Jerusalem.

Enjoy!

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The songs included in the mashup are:

Yerushalayim Shel Zahav - Naomi Shemer
Im Eshkachech Yerushalayim - Yaakov Shwekey
Jerusalem, If I Forget You - Matisyahu
Al Chomotayich Yerushalayim
Sisu Et Yerushalayim - Akiva Nof
Lach Yerushalayim - A. Rubinstein & Amos Etinger
Yerushalayim Oro Shel Olam - Avraham Fried
L'Shana Habah B'Yerushalayim - Reb Shlomo Carlebach

משאפ שירי ירושלים:

ירושלים של זהב - נעמי שמר
אים אשכחך ירושלים - יעקב שוואקי
מתיסיהו - Jerusalem, If I Forget You
על חומותיך ירושלים
שישו את ירושלים - עקיבא נוף
לך ירושלים - א. רובינשטיין & עמוס אטינגר
ירושלים אורו של עולם - אברהם פריד
לשנה הבאה בירושלים - ר׳ שלמה קרליבך

The Pope and a Rabbi Walk into the Vatican and...Dance (?)

No, this is not another rabbi, priest, and minister joke. This is a true report of what happened when a group of Hasidic Jews led by 80-year-old Brooklyn Rabbi Edgar Gluck went to the Vatican after being invited by Pope Francis.

On Monday the Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) reported that Pope Francis danced with the group and discussed with them issues including the protection of Jewish cemeteries in Europe and combating child sex abuse.

As JTA reported,

A video on the Yeshiva World News website and also posted to YouTube shows the pope swaying to the music as members of the delegation dance and serenade him with the song “Long years shall satiate him.”

Born in Germany, Edgar Gluck, 80, divides his time between Brooklyn and Poland, where he holds the title of chief rabbi of Galicia. In the United States, where he has long been politically active, he was a co-founder of Hatzolah, one of the largest volunteer ambulance corps.

Gluck and Pope Francis met and discussed the plight of Jewish cemeteries last year when the pontiff visited Krakow for Catholic World Youth Day and, according to Yeshiva World News, the pope invited Gluck to continue the discussion at the Vatican.

The Hebrew words of the song are "Orech yamim asbieihu v'areihu biyeshuati"

Enjoy!  

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Musical Showcase: A Jazzy Independence Day Tour of Jerusalem with The Betty Bears

Jerusalem is the pulsating heart of Israel's story throughout history, where old and new, East and West, religious and secular, all meet. 

To celebrate Israel's 69th Independence Day, Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has produced Meet Me in Jerusalem, a swinging, singing, dancing tour through the beautiful capital of Israel. 

The music is by Jerusalem's own Betty Bears, a jazz band of 7 Bears and 1 Betty, led by singer Ella Daniel. The green-clad dancer is Jerusalem-born Tamar Sonn, a graduate of the Music and Dance Academy. The choreographer & mustached dancer is Nadav Zelner, who graduated with honors from Telma Ya'alin - Arts school. The project was produced by "The Hive" boutique Film & Animation Studio.

Enjoy!

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Dancing Behind People in Jerusalem - A Comedy Skit by Meir Kay

Meir Kalmanson, the high-fiving prankster whose stunt in the streets of New York we posted a few weeks ago, doesn't limit his field to New York, and to America. 

Kalmanson, who goes by the name Meir Kay, took to the streets of Jerusalem to engage in lively dance steps while walking behind random strangers who had no idea what he was up to.

In many cases he manages to be unobtrusive and is not even noticed. But when caught, he has the remarkable ability to rapidly change his manner, stop the dancing instantly, and appear to be taking a selfie photo or tying his shoelaces. Of course, the music track was added later.

Enjoy!

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Basketball Giant Shaquille O'Neal Dances the Hora

Shaquille O'Neal, the retired professional basketball player who is currently an analyst on the television program Inside the NBA, showed off his skill at a different sport last week -- dancing the Hora.

Seven feet tall and weighing 350 pounds, he was one of the heaviest players ever to play in the NBA. O'Neal played for six teams throughout his 19-year NBA career.

It happened at the Salter-Markowitz wedding in Miami, where O'Neal was a guest of Jamie Salter's, the father of the groom and his partner at Authentic Brands Group.

As the staff of TMZ reported,

We're told the entire party was poppin' until around 2:30 AM (oy vey) and at one point Shaq took to the dance floor -- but instead of his tried-and-true pop-locking routine, he got cultural ... and Horah'd it up.

BTW -- we're also told efforts were actually made to lift Shaq up in a chair (part of the dance) but they were predictably unsuccessful.

Which means we'll never know the answer to the question -- how many Jews does it take to lift Shaquille O'Neal?

Enjoy!

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Jewish Traces in Unexpected Places: Tisha B'Av Song Goes Platinum in UK and Europe

Today is Tisha B'Av, an annual fast day in Judaism which commemorates the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem and the subsequent exile of the Jews from the Land of Israel to Babylon.

The day also commemorates other tragedies which occurred on the same day, including the Roman massacre of over 100,000 Jews at Betar in 132 CE. It was instituted by the rabbis of 2nd-century Palestine.

Tisha B'Av is regarded as the saddest day in the Jewish calendar, a day in which all pleasurable activity is forbidden, and is marked by synagogue attendance the night before and during the day. But that doesn't mean there's no singing, or more accurately, chanting.

The highlight of the day's service is the chanting of the megillah of Eicha (Lamentations), written by the prophet Jeremiah. Eicha is read in synagogues and in groups meeting indoors and outdoors.

In some Jewish communities Psalm 137 is recited or chanted. It reads:

Psalms Chapter 137 1. By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, we also wept, when we remembered Zion. 2. We hung our lyres on the willows in its midst. 3. For there those who carried us away captive required of us a song; and those who tormented us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion. 4. How shall we sing the Lord’s song in a foreign land? 5. If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. 6. If I do not remember you, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy. 7. Remember, O Lord, against the Edomites, the day of Jerusalem; who said, Raze it, raze it, to its foundation. 8. O daughter of Babylon, you are to be destroyed! Happy shall he be, who repays you for what you have done to us. 9. Happy shall he be, who takes your little ones and dashes them against the rock.

פרק קלז א עַֽל־נַֽהֲרוֹת | בָּבֶל שָׁם יָשַׁבְנוּ גַּם־בָּכִינוּ בְּזָכְרֵנוּ אֶת־צִיּֽוֹן : ב עַל־עֲרָבִים בְּתוֹכָהּ תָּלִינוּ כִּנֹּרוֹתֵֽינוּ : ג כִּי שָׁם שְֽׁאֵלוּנוּ שׁוֹבֵינוּ דִּבְרֵי־שִׁיר וְתוֹלָלֵינוּ שִׂמְחָה שִׁירוּ לָנוּ מִשִּׁיר צִיּֽוֹן : ד אֵיךְ נָשִׁיר אֶת־שִׁיר יְהֹוָה עַל אַדְמַת נֵכָֽר : ה אִֽם־אֶשְׁכָּחֵךְ יְֽרוּשָׁלָם תִּשְׁכַּח יְמִינִֽי : ו תִּדְבַּק־לְשׁוֹנִי | לְחִכִּי אִם־לֹא אֶזְכְּרֵכִי אִם־לֹא אַֽעֲלֶה אֶת־יְרֽוּשָׁלַם עַל רֹאשׁ שִׂמְחָתִֽי : ז זְכֹר יְהֹוָה | לִבְנֵי אֱדוֹם אֵת יוֹם יְֽרוּשָׁלָם הָאֹמְרִים עָרוּ | עָרוּ עַד הַיְסוֹד בָּֽהּ : ח בַּת־בָּבֶל הַשְּׁדוּדָה אַשְׁרֵי שֶׁיְשַׁלֶּם־לָךְ אֶת־גְּמוּלֵךְ שֶׁגָּמַלְתְּ לָֽנוּ : ט אַשְׁרֵי | שֶׁיֹּאחֵז וְנִפֵּץ אֶֽת־עֹלָלַיִךְ אֶל־הַסָּֽלַע

But the liturgy of Tisha B'Av has found an audience beyond traditional Jews observing a sad day.

The words of the Psalms were incorporated into Rivers of Babylon, a Rastafarian song written and recorded by Brent Dowe and Trevor McNaughton of the Jamaican reggae group The Melodians in 1970. The Melodians' original version of the song appeared in the soundtrack album of the 1972 movie The Harder They Come, making it internationally known.

The song was popularized in Europe by the 1978 Boney M. cover version, which was awarded a platinum disc and is one of the top ten all-time best-selling singles in the UK. 

Somehow the song has been adopted by line dance devotees, primarily in Korea, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia. The two videos below show the original song with lyrics followed by one of the line dance interpretations from Korea.

If you're fasting today, we wish you an easy and meaningful fast.

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The Minions Help the Ein Prat Fountainheads Celebrate Shabbat

The Fountainheads, the Israeli singing and dancing group from the Ein Prat Academy for Leadership, have released many music videos in recent years. But we haven't seen any new videos from them lately. 

We count them among our favorites in performing Jewish music, so we were very pleased to see that a couple of weeks ago they released a new music video featuring "The Minyans", actually members of their ensemble dressed in costumes to evoke the happy feelings that the yellow Minions creatures populating three recent movies produce. And the focus of the medley of song parodies is the joy of Shabbat.

It's good to see the Fountainheads back in action again, with a new group of students joining the original group. We're looking forward to seeing some more productions from them.

Enjoy, and Shabbat shalom!

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Israeli Soldier Shuffles His Way Through Basic Training

Ron Bronstein, a 24-year-old St. Louis native enlisted in the IDF at the end of March 2012 and decided to document his transition from civilian to soldier by dancing his way from start to finish. 

Bronstein moved to Israel from the United States in 2007 and now serves in the IAF’s Technology and Logistics Directorate’s foreign relations department.

As Ilan Ben Zion wrote in The Times of Israel,

“The day I was drafted, I stood excited at the enlistment office and I wanted to document the moment, to preserve the experience. At every stage, from being drafted to the end of basic training, I asked my friends to document me dancing, and that’s how they got to know me, as the guy who every few minutes asked them to film him,” Bronstein told Yedioth Ahronoth.

In the video posted to YouTube — set to LMFAO’s “Party Rock Anthem” — Bronstein dances the shuffle through guard duty, kitchen detail, barracks, and parade grounds in his IDF greens. He proudly struts his stuff in IAF dress khakis on train platforms, at his swearing-in ceremony, and in front of military aircraft.

Since being uploaded, the video has been viewed more than 350,000 times. Bronstein’s fans comment that, whereas similar videos of dancing soldiers have made their way onto the Internet, his “was done in good taste,” according to one viewer.

“Filming it took a month, the editing six weeks, and the approval of the IDF took another six months,” Bronstein said. “I want people across the world to see that IDF soldiers also have a personal and funny side.”

The IDF spokesperson did not grant The Times of Israel permission to interview Bronstein.

Enjoy!

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Israeli Dance Flash Mob Breaks Out at Chicago Festival

The Greater Chicago Jewish Festival is the longest running ongoing Jewish Festival in America and the largest Jewish event in the Chicago area.

Created in 1980, it celebrates Jewish music, dance, art and of course food. Attracting over 20,000 people, the Festival is the heart and soul of Jewish Chicago and was last held on June 8, 2014.

At the festival a group of dancers emerged in the middle of the crowd and spontaneously started a sequence of Israeli folk dances, many of which should be recognizable to our readers.

Israeli folk dances are a unique phenomenon of contemporary folklore. In spite of the many changes in the values, dreams, and ways of life of the , they still dance the old dances of the 1940s and 1950s—the years during which more new dances were created than in any other culture in the world.

Today there are some three thousand Israeli folk dances, according to folk-dance instructors. However, some of these dances are no longer danced. It is hard to specify which of the dances aren’t practiced but the Hora is still practiced. Many more modern dances incorporate folk inspired dance moves into their dances. 

Today there are groups in Israel whose jobs are to conserve the heritage of Israeli folk dance. About one hundred thousand people dance on a regular basis at least once a week and an additional one hundred thousand dance several times a year.

There are regular dance groups meeting in 30 countries and more than 30 states in the USA. There is an Israeli dance website that lets you search for a group in your city and find the words to many songs in Hebrew, Yiddish, and Ladino.

Enjoy!

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Elliot Dvorin and Key Tov Orchestra Bring Israeli Salsa to Miami

We really like Elliot Dvorin and his Key Tov orchestra. We've shared a few of their very vibrant and melodic singing and dancing videos.

Now we found their latest, featuring 34 talented dancers performing a poolside Israeli salsa called Bo Lirkod (Come to dance) that starts around a pool in Miami and ends up in the pool. We think it's a good energizer for a hot summer Sunday and hope you enjoy it.

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