Meir Kay Plays Chanukah Trivia with Strangers in New York Streets for a Donut

Meir Kalmanson has been posting funny Jewish videos on YouTube under the name Meir Kay. An Orthodox Jewish filmmaker from Brooklyn, his aim is to spread "happiness and positivity."

We've already featured some of his videos on the Evolution of Chassidic Dance, High Fiving Strangers in New York, Dancing Behind People in Jerusalem, How to Lift the Torah Like a Boss, and Looking for a Leader in the Park.

In this video Meir, inspired by Billy Eichner's Billy in the Street For a Dollar street interviews, approaches random strangers walking the streets of New York City in December 2022, and offers them a free donut if they can answer his trivia questions about Chanukah.

Enjoy!

Welcoming Shabbat with Udi Ullmann and a Multicultural Version of Lecha Dodi

Udi Ullmann's latest music video Lecha Dodi: Different But United lets us experience what Shabbat prep and celebration looks and feels like as Udi takes us on a magical musical journey through the ages as we see what true unity looks like. 

The video, produced by Meir Kay, sets the words of Lecha Dodi to the music of Country Roads and Sweet Caroline.

Udi Ullmann is one of the rising superstars on Jewish horizon and has released four successful albums and working on his fifth. He exploded onto Jewish music scene with his debut album Aguda Achat.

It became one of the fastest selling recordings by a new star in recent memory. Since then Udi was the only Israeli Chassidic singer who won the title of “Chassidic singer of the year” for two successive years.

Udi has performed in England, France, Austria, Belgium, Holland, Lithuania, Australia, South Africa and the USA and has performed in concerts with the greatest Jewish singers in the world.

Udi is also known for his ability as a chazzan to inspire the congregation to sing together and have an inspiring Tefila. He is invited around the world for Chazanut concerts and Shabbat services.

Enjoy, and Shabbat shalom!

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Only in New York - Meir Kay Tries to Fight Hate with Hugs

As we surf the web looking for funny videos to post here, we come across some very talented funny people who delight in creating interesting and humorous situations to provide entertainment and reasons to laugh. 

Because this is Jewish Humor Central, we try to find ones that have some kind of Jewish connection. Sometimes they're obvious, and sometime they're a bit of a stretch.

Meir Kalmanson has been posting funny Jewish videos on YouTube under the name Meir Kay. An Orthodox Jewish filmmaker from Brooklyn, his aim is to spread "happiness and positivity."

We've already featured some of his videos on the Evolution of Chassidic Dance, High Fiving Strangers in New York, Dancing Behind People in Jerusalem, How to Lift the Torah Like a Boss, and Looking for a Leader in the Park.

In this video Meir tries to fight hate with love and plants a sign in the street saying "If you support your Jewish Friends and the Jewish People, Let's Hug." And guess what happens.

Enjoy!

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Meir Kay Takes His Positivity to the Streets With "Great Day" Music Video

Meir Kalmanson has been posting funny Jewish videos on YouTube under the name Meir Kay. An Orthodox Jewish filmmaker from Brooklyn, his aim is to spread "happiness and positivity."

We've already featured six of his videos on the Evolution of Chassidic Dance, High Fiving Strangers in New York, Dancing Behind People in Jerusalem, How to Lift the Torah Like a Boss, Looking for a Leader in the Park, and A Hugging Spree in New York City.

In his new Great Day music video, Meir leads a group of dancers in a high energy demonstration of positivity. The song's message is all about having the choice to make the best of our day - to not allow whatever comes our way to have a say on how we will show up, but rather we can make a decision to make this day a great one! 

Enjoy!

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Meir Kay Asks New Yorkers to Walk the Red Carpet During Fashion Week

As we surf the web looking for funny videos to post here, we come across some very talented funny people who delight in creating interesting and humorous situations to provide entertainment and reasons to laugh.

Because this is Jewish Humor Central, we try to find ones that have some kind of Jewish connection. Sometimes they're obvious, and sometime they're a bit of a stretch.

Meir Kalmanson has been posting funny Jewish videos on YouTube under the name Meir Kay. An Orthodox Jewish filmmaker from Brooklyn, his aim is to spread "happiness and positivity."

We've already featured six of his videos on the Evolution of Chassidic Dance, High Fiving Strangers in New York, Dancing Behind People in Jerusalem, How to Lift the Torah Like a Boss, Looking for a Leader in the Park, and A Hugging Spree in New York City.

In this video, Meir puts down a red carpet in New York streets and subway platforms and invites random strangers to strut during Fashion Week.

Enjoy!

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Evolution of Jewish Dating: From Eliezer's Shidduch for Yitzchak and Rivkah to the Robotic Future

Jewish matchmaking has been going on for thousands of years, and it comedians Meir Kay and Mendy Pellin have collaborated in a survey of the Jewish dating scene from Biblical times to the present day.

Starting with Eliezer's quest for a bride for Yitzchak, and revisiting the story of Jacob, Rachel, and Leah, the two comics show how the urge to merge has developed to include rabbinic romance, speed dating, online dating, smartphone app dating, and robotic dating in the future.

Enjoy!

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11 Types of People You'll Meet in Tel Aviv

Comedians Meir Kay and Renny Grinshpan have teamed up on this video to give you a heads up on 11 types of people you are likely to run in to when you're in Tel Aviv.

Of course they're stereotypes and subject to a bit of exaggeration.

Tel Aviv is home to lots of types that we never encountered on our trips to Israel, but we spend most of our time in Jerusalem and this is, well, Tel Aviv.

Enjoy!

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Eating Twinkies with God - A Modern Day Parable by Meir Kay

Filmmaker Meir Kay created a parable called Eating Twinkies with God, starring a young boy named John James Cronin. A Catholic school kindergartener and an Orthodox Jewish filmmaker. It's an unusual team, but one that has created a stir in the blogosphere.

In the film, the boy takes a package of Twinkies from his kitchen and heads out, as he explains to his mother, to find God. And then......

The moral of the story: We don't need to look for and wide for God. He's in every one of us and in every thing that we do. Whether you believe or not, we all can agree that by helping each other, each good act that we do makes this world a brighter place. Let us rise to the occasion and be kinder to each other, to help one another. We are all on the same team.

Fox 5's Dar Alexander spoke to the two of them about the meaning of this heart-warming short film.

Here's the short film, followed by the TV interview.

Enjoy!

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Prankster Meir Kay Goes on a Hugging Spree in New York City

As we surf the web looking for funny videos to post here, we come across some very talented funny people who delight in creating interesting and humorous situations to provide entertainment and reasons to laugh. 

Because this is Jewish Humor Central, we try to find ones that have some kind of Jewish connection. Sometimes they're obvious, and sometime they're a bit of a stretch.

Meir Kalmanson has been posting funny Jewish videos on YouTube under the name Meir Kay. An Orthodox Jewish filmmaker from Brooklyn, his aim is to spread "happiness and positivity."
We've already featured five of his videos in April 2015 on the Evolution of Chassidic Dance, High Fiving Strangers in New York, Dancing Behind People in Jerusalem, How to Lift the Torah Like a Boss, and Looking for a Leader in the Park.

 In this video, Meir dresses himself completely in bubble wrap and invites strangers to give him a big hug.

Enjoy! 

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Prankster Meir Kay: Looking for a Leader in the Park

We've latched onto the blog postings of Meir Kalmanson (aka Meir Kay) as our favorite prankster and we've been following his online antics as he gets strangers in public places to play along with the fun.

In today's shtick he hands a box to random people in the park saying that inside the box is a photograph of a leader from the past century and asking them to guess who it might be. Then they're asked what the qualities of a leader should be.

Their answers are interesting and their reactions upon discovering who the leader is are fun to watch. 

Enjoy!
 
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How to Lift the Torah Like a Boss - Comedy Skit by Meir Kay

Meir Kalmanson (aka Meir Kay) has been having a lot of fun pulling pranks wherever he goes.

So far we've shared his shtick, high fiving strangers in New York City and dancing behind unsuspecting people in Jerusalem.

Today we're sharing one of his comedy skits called How to Lift the Torah Like a Boss, a title that comes from a YouTube video called How to Lift a Barbell Like a Boss.

Meir has been given the honor of Hagbah (lifting the Torah) but just barely has the strength to accomplish the task. Determined to do better next time, he undertakes a regimen to prepare himself. When the opportunity occurs again, he may be just a bit overzealous. Fully expecting to receive the same honor, he doesn't notice that he was not asked to lift the Torah this time, but to have the third aliyah.

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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