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Yom HaAtzmaut, Israel's Independence Day, is always preceded by Yom HaZikaron,
Israel’s Memorial Day for its fallen soldiers. The message of linking
these two days is clear: Israelis owe their independence — the very
existence of the state — to the soldiers who sacrificed their lives for
it. This year Yom HaZikaron begins tonight and will be observed Wednesday until nightfall when the Yom HaAtzmaut festivities begin and continue through Thursday night. To
mark Yom Hazikaron we're sharing a video of Shulem Lemmer singing Mi Sheberach L'Tzahal, the prayer for the Israel Defense Forces, set to the melody of Eretz Tzvi, originally made popular by singer Yehoram Gaon.
Shulem Lemmer, known professionally simply as "Shulem," is an American
Belz Hasidic singer from Borough Park, Brooklyn, in New York City. He is
the first born-and-raised Haredi Jew to sign a major record contract
with a leading label, Universal Music Group, under its classical music
Decca Gold imprint.
Before becoming a full-time singer, Lemmer was marketing director at a
technology firm start-up based in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. He has also worked
as a cantor during the High Holidays at Congregation Ahavath Torah, a
Modern Orthodox synagogue in Englewood, New Jersey.
We've
become big fans of Shulem Lemmer after spending a Shabbat with him in
Delray Beach a couple of years ago when he was the star of a concert at
Anshei Emuna Congregation.
Shulem Lemmer, known professionally simply as "Shulem," is an American
Belz Hasidic singer from Borough Park, Brooklyn, in New York City. He is
the first born-and-raised Haredi Jew to sign a major record contract
with a leading label, Universal Music Group, under its classical music
Decca Gold imprint.
Before becoming a full-time singer, Lemmer was marketing director at a
technology firm start-up based in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. He also works
as a cantor during the High Holidays at Congregation Ahavath Torah, a
Modern Orthodox synagogue in Englewood, New Jersey.
Shulem Lemmer is the most recent rising star
of the Jewish musical tradition that has been intertwined in the life,
faith, and culture of the Jewish people throughout their history.
Whether it's prayers, psalms, or contemporary classics, this youthful
Brooklyn tenor finds in music something rich and affirming, an endeavor
that makes the soul soar and the spirit rise and speaks to the human
condition.
Shulem
is as comfortable with popular music and Broadway show tunes as he is with Chassidic
music. Today we're sharing a performance by Shulem of Frank Sinatra's hit My Way at Magen David Adom's annual event at the Heichal Hatarbut in Tel Aviv in June 2023.
As Jews, we are deeply grateful to America, the land of the free, for providing a haven where we can celebrate our heritage and practice our religion unconditionally.
Written by Irving Berlin, a Jewish immigrant, "God Bless America" has long symbolized hope and unity. It is our fervent prayer that this country continues to be safe and welcoming, under the right leadership, and remain a symbol of freedom for all.
This rendition in both English and Yiddish, was performed by Shulem Lemmer at a Tzedek Association event in honor of Senator Cory Booker in February of 2024.
Raised in Boro Park, Brooklyn, Shulem’s singular voice has gained widespread attention in the Chasidic community and beyond.Shulem
made history as the first born-and-raised Orthodox singer to ever sign a
major record deal in the U.S. His recent contract with Universal
Music’s Decca Gold Label positions him as an artist primed to break
through to a global audience with the release of his album, The Perfect
Dream.
Lyrics in English and Yiddish appear below the video. Enjoy!
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Lyrics:
While the storm clouds gather,
Far across the sea,
Let us pledge allegiance,
To a land that’s free.
Let us all be grateful,
For a land so fair,
As we raise our voices,
In a solemn prayer.
God bless America,
Land that I love,
Stand beside her and guide her,
Through the night with a light from above.
From the mountains, to the prairies,
To the oceans white with foam,
It's Friday again and time to welcome another Shabbat. Today we're sharing another rendition of the Kabbalistic prayer Ana Bekoach.
The singer is Shulem Lemmer.
Raised in Boro Park, Brooklyn, Shulem’s singular voice has gained widespread attention in the Chasidic community and beyond.Shulem
made history as the first born-and-raised Orthodox singer to ever sign a
major record deal in the U.S. His recent contract with Universal
Music’s Decca Gold Label positions him as an artist primed to break
through to a global audience with the release of his album, The Perfect
Dream.
One
of the most sought-after Jewish singers today, Shulem has performed in
front of a wide range of audiences across the Jewish spectrum as well as
those of other faiths. Shulem provides an authentic taste of Jewish
music and culture with his proud Jewish appearance and style.
He performed the National Anthem at San Francisco Giants Stadium and G-d Bless America at Fenway Park and Citi Field.
Ana Bekoach is a liturgical poem from the Kabbalat Shabbat service that appears in the siddur just before Lecha Dodi. It's a Kabbalistic prayer composed by Rav Nehunia Ben Hakannah.
Known
as the 42-letter Name of God, Ana Bekoach is a unique formula
built of 42 letters written in seven sentences of six words each. Each
of the seven sentences correspond to the seven days of the week, seven
specific angels, and to a particular heavenly body. The letters that
make up Ana Bekoach are encoded within the first 42 letters of the book of Genesis. The
kabbalists explain that this combination of letters takes us back to
the time of Creation, and each time we meditate on a particular
sequence, we return to the original uncorrupted energy that built the
world. By performing the Ana Bekoach meditation, we enrich our lives with unadulterated spiritual light and positive energy.
Enjoy, and Shabbat shalom!
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We've
become big fans of Shulem Lemmer after spending a Shabbat with him in
Delray Beach a couple of years ago when he was the star of a concert at
Anshei Emuna Congregation.
Shulem Lemmer is the most recent rising star
of the Jewish musical tradition that has been intertwined in the life,
faith, and culture of the Jewish people throughout their history.
Whether it's prayers, psalms, or contemporary classics, this youthful
Brooklyn tenor finds in music something rich and affirming, an endeavor
that makes the soul soar and the spirit rise and speaks to the human
condition.
Shulem
is as comfortable with Broadway and Hollywood tunes as he is with Chassidic
music. As we continue to focus on the challenges that Israel faces in
Gaza, let's apply the sentiments expressed in When You Believe -- a hope that all soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces accomplish their mission and bring the hostages home safely.
Shulem will be performing live in concert again at Anshei Emuna Congregation in Delray Beach, Florida tonight. We'll be there and if you're planning to be in South Florida in January, we'll see you there.
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We've become big fans of Shulem Lemmer after spending a Shabbat with him in Delray Beach a couple of years ago when he was the star of a concert at Anshei Emuna Congregation.
Shulem Lemmer is the most recent rising star
of the Jewish musical tradition that has been intertwined in the life,
faith, and culture of the Jewish people throughout their history.
Whether it's prayers, psalms, or contemporary classics, this youthful
Brooklyn tenor finds in music something rich and affirming, an endeavor
that makes the soul soar and the spirit rise and speaks to the human
condition.
Shulem is as comfortable with Broadway show tunes as he is with Chassidic music. As we continue to focus on the challenges that Israel faces in Gaza, let's apply the sentiments expressed in Bring Him Home from Les Miserables -- a hope that all soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces accomplish their mission and return home safely.
Shulem will be performing live in concert again at Anshei Emuna Congregation in Delray Beach, Florida on Tuesday night, January 23, 2004. We'll be there and if you're planning to be in South Florida in January, we'll see you there.
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Shulem Lemmer is the most recent rising star
of the Jewish musical tradition that has been intertwined in the life,
faith, and culture of the Jewish people throughout their history.
Whether it's prayers, psalms, or contemporary classics, this youthful
Brooklyn tenor finds in music something rich and affirming, an endeavor
that makes the soul soar and the spirit rise and speaks to the human
condition.
In fact, Shulem feels music aspires to go beyond current
historical context to illuminate what he sees as the perfect dream: when
the world is at peace. There are some voices that have to be heard –
and Shulem’s is one of them.
As we get ready to attend Yom Kippur services tonight and tomorrow, whether in person or via Zoom or live streaming, let's listen to Shulem sing Avinu Malkeinu, a central prayer of the ten days of repentance which began on Rosh Hashanah and conclude on Yom Kippur. Both the words and the melody evoke deep emotion as the congregation connects with God as a parent and monarch.
Shulem will be performing live in concert at Anshei Emuna Congregation in Delray Beach, Florida on Tuesday night, January 23, 2004. We'll be there and if you're planning to be in South Florida in January, we'll see you there.
We will be attending services today and tomorrow and Jewish Humor Central will be back on Tuesday. We wish you an easy and meaningful fast on Yom Kippur.
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On Tuesday evening, Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli and Hasidic singer Shulem Lemmer sang a duet at the United Hatzalah Gala Hanukkah concert in Miami.
Shulem was invited by Bocelli and was introduced as the first Hasidic singer ever to be signed by a major recording label. The song was Fall on Me, in Italian and English, from Bocelli's 2018 album, Sì.
As Raphael Poch wrote on the United Hatzalah website,
On Tuesday evening, $13 million were raised by the Miami community at Friends of United Hatzalah’s gala, which took place at the JW Marriott Miami Turnberry Resort.
The event was headlined by Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli who gaae a
special performance that wowed the crowd, with Bocelli and his wife
Veronica honored for their commitment to lifesaving.
Enjoy, and Shabbat shalom!
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Shulem Lemmer, known professionally simply as "Shulem," is an American
Belz Hasidic singer from Borough Park, Brooklyn, in New York City. He is
the first born-and-raised Haredi Jew to sign a major record contract
with a leading label, Universal Music Group, under its classical music
Decca Gold imprint.
Before becoming a full-time singer, Lemmer was marketing director at a
technology firm start-up based in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. He also works
as a cantor during the High Holidays at Congregation Ahavath Torah, a
Modern Orthodox synagogue in Englewood, New Jersey.
In this video posted by Adam Greenbaum on YouTube, Shulem sings Ana Bekoach, a short prayer in the Kabbalat Shabbat Friday night service.
Enjoy, and Shabbat shalom!
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Shulem Lemmer, known professionally simply as "Shulem," is an American
Belz Hasidic singer from Borough Park, Brooklyn, in New York City. He is
the first born-and-raised Haredi Jew to sign a major record contract
with a leading label, Universal Music Group, under its classical music
Decca Gold imprint.
Before becoming a full-time singer, Lemmer was marketing director at a
technology firm start-up based in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. He also works
as a cantor during the High Holidays at Congregation Ahavath Torah, a
Modern Orthodox synagogue in Englewood, New Jersey.
In April 2019, Lemmer sang “God Bless America” at Citi Field. He has
toured in American and Israeli cities and sung in London, Krakow,
Frankfurt, and Zurich.
The music on
his November 2019 major label debut album, The Perfect Dream, is
produced by Jon Cohen and accompanied by London's Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra. It consists of English, Hebrew, and Yiddish songs, including
the Israeli song Jerusalem of Gold, and Bring Him Home from the
Broadway musical Les Misérables. The title track of the album, The
Perfect Dream, is an original song written for Lemmer by lyricist Don
Black.
We saw Shulem perform in concert in February 2020, just as the pandemic was starting, at Anshei Emuna, our synagogue in Delray Beach, Florida.
Here is the Arutz 7 "Real Talk" interview followed by Shulem singing A Million Dreams, from the film The Greatest Showman.
Enjoy!
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Shulem Lemmer, a young Chassidic singing star and recently signed Universal
Music/Decca Gold recording artist, has been making the rounds of sports stadiums and singing our National Anthem and at the start of games around the USA. Lemmer, who goes by his first name, Shulem, appeared earlier this month at the Folksbiene Summerstage concert in Central Park. He has sung the National Anthem at a Brooklyn Nets basketball game, at a San Francisco Giants baseball game, and God Bless America at a Boston Red Sox baseball game in Fenway Park. Here he is singing God Bless America during the 7th inning stretch at the New York Mets /
Washington Nationals game at Citi Field in New York City on April 7th, 2019.
Enjoy and Shabbat shalom!
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On June 12, The National
Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene and Capital One City Parks Foundation's
SummerStage presented The New York Cantors, a concert by three young
Cantorial superstars to a standing-room-only audience in New York's Central Park.
As reported by Broadway World News,
The
Cantors lead three vibrant congregations in the New York area-Azi
Schwartz at Park Avenue Synagogue, Yaakov (Yanky) Lemmer at Lincoln
Square Synagogue and Netanel Hershtik at the Hamptons Synagogue.
The Cantors were accompanied by a 16-piece orchestra, conducted by Artistic Director of The National
Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene Zalmen Mlotek. Special guests joining the
show include Shulem, a young Chassidic singing star and recently signed Universal
Music/Decca Gold recording artist; Grammy-winning klezmer icon Frank
London, a founding member of the Klezmatics, who performed the world
premiere of his new klezmer concerto, "Freylekhs - A Klezmer Fantasy
for Orchestra and Trumpet."
Also appearing was Andrew Kurtz, Music
Director and conductor of the Gulf Coast Symphony. The emcee was Rabbi
Joseph Potasnik, Chairman of the New York Board of Rabbis and co-host of
"The Rabbi and the Rev," a weekly radio program on WABC.
The eclectic program included Yerushalayim Shel Zahav, Prayer for the IDF, God Bless America, A Million Dreams (from The Greatest Showman), Funiculi Funicula, Oseh Shalom, Close Every Door (from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat), Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah, and Hatikvah. We're sorry that we missed the concert (we were attending the "Shtisel-Behind the Scenes" program at Temple Emanu-el that night), but we can all enjoy the musical clips in the video below. A SPECIAL NOTE FOR NEW EMAIL
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Growing up in Brooklyn's Boro Park neighborhood, Shulem Lemmer was exposed
primarily to the cantorial music preferred by his father as well as his
older brother, who's now a synagogue cantor in Manhattan.
Shulem, who
was a featured child soloist in his community, explains, "There are many
different kinds and forms of cantorial music. I was hearing a wide
variety of styles and approaches which broadened my awareness.” Opera,
particularly Luciano Pavarotti, also became an important influence,
along with Michael Jackson that led him to artists such as Billy Joel,
Elton John, Stevie Wonder, Andrea Bocelli and Josh Groban.
Today we're sharing Shulem's cover of Billy Joel's classic, Piano Man. It was recorded live on tour at the
Manhattan JCC in October 2018, accompanied by leading Broadway musical
director, Andy Einhorn.
Enjoy!
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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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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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