Throwback Thursday Musical Showcase: Joel Grey Sings and Dances "Honey Bun"...
Joel Grey has had many roles as actor, singer, dancer, director, and photographer. He is best known for portraying the Nazi Master of Ceremonies in the Kander & Ebb musical Cabaret, as well as in...
View ArticleWelcoming Shabbat with Ana Bekoach Sung by Omer Adam - Israel's Most Popular...
Omer Adam is an Israeli singer whose music fuses elements of eastern Mizrahi music (Oriental-Middle Eastern) and Western Pop instrumentation. In 2023, Ynetnews named Adam "Israel's most famous singer"....
View ArticleJewish Traces in Unexpected Places: Tracing Nat King Cole's "Nature Boy" to...
Nature Boy is a song first recorded byAmerican jazz singer Nat King Cole. It was released on March 29, 1948, as a single by Capitol Records. The song has a very unusual history that goes back to a...
View ArticleA Joke to Start the Week - "Sleepy Sermon"
It's another Monday, and time for another Joke to Start the Week. Today we're sharing a joke by Rabbi Shais Taub, an American Hasidic rabbi and author.Rabbi Taub writes about Jewish mysticism and is...
View ArticleComedian Rabbi Bob Alper Meets a Jewish Flight Attendant
Bob Alper is an ordained 78-year-old Reform rabbi from Vermont who served congregations for fourteen years and holds a doctorate from Princeton Theological Seminary.But he's also a stand-up comedian...
View ArticleWacky Wednesday Comedy Special: Mail-in Rebate - A Candid Camera Classic From...
Candid Camera was an American hidden camera/practical joke reality television series created and produced by Allen Funt, which initially began on radio as The Candid Microphone on June 28, 1947. After...
View ArticleYiddish Word of the Day - "Thanksgiving"
In 2020 the Forverts launched a daily series of short informal video clips called Yiddish Word of the Day.The series, written and narrated by Forverts editor Rukhl Schaechter, aims to give non-Yiddish...
View ArticleWelcoming Shabbat with Adon Olam Sung to an Armed Forces Medley
Cantor Seth Ettinger is Cantor of the historic Temple Beth-El in San Antonio, Texas. Founded in 1874, it is the oldest and largest Jewish congregation in south Texas. Temple Beth-El is a founding...
View ArticleComedian Modi Rosenfeld on How Jewish People Love Fundraisers
There are comedians who happen to be Jewish, and then there are Jewish comedians. In his YouTube special, Know Your Audience, Modi solidifies himself as the former; wielding his unique blend of...
View ArticleA Joke to Start the Week - "The Visitor From Planet Zargon"
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...
View ArticleFrieda Vizel, Brooklyn Tour Guide With Satmar Roots, Gives Animated...
Does anyone wonder what the difference is between Orthodox, Haredi, Yeshivish and Hasidic Jews, or is confused by words like Haredi, Hasidic, Ultra-orthodox, Satmar, Lubavich, etc? In this two minute...
View ArticleWacky Wednesday Comedy Showcase: Allan Sherman Sings Parodies on the Ed...
Allan Sherman dominated the world of song parody during the 1960s and recorded eight albums, starting with My Son the Folksinger. Listening to or reading his lyrics is a crash course in pop culture of...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday Comedy Showcase: Larry David Gets Stuck on a Ski Lift Just...
What's there to say about Larry David and his Curb Your Enthusiasm show? Either you love it or you hate it. Sometimes we love it and sometimes we hate it. But we have to admit that either way, we laugh...
View ArticleWelcoming Shabbat with Yismechu by Cantorial Soloist Joel Stein at Kol Tikvah...
Dr. Joel Stein, Cantor Soloist at Kol Tikvah in Woodland Hills, California is a singer-songwriter, composer and producer in Los Angeles. Before Kol Tikvah, Joel led services at many temples in New York...
View ArticleA Photographic Challenge: Lining Up 6,500 Chabad Rabbis for a Group Photo
Every year thousands of Chabad shluchim (emissaries) gather for a kinus (international conference) and this year was no exception. Last week 6,500 rabbis from all over the world convened for a group...
View ArticleA Joke to Start the Week - "How Old Was Isaac?"
It's another Monday, and time for another Joke to Start the Week. Today we're sharing a joke by Rabbi Shais Taub, an American Hasidic rabbi and author.Rabbi Taub writes about Jewish mysticism and is...
View ArticleIsraeli Comedy Special: Comedian Shahar Hason on How the IDF is Too Nice to...
Yishai Fleisher, the International Spokesperson for the Jewish community of Hebron, has a weekly podcast. Last week he posted a video of Israeli comedian Shahar Hason telling a comedy club audience how...
View ArticleWacky Wednesday Comedy Special: A Candid Camera Classic -- Baby in a Basket
Candid Camera was a popular and long-running American hidden camera reality television series. Versions of the show appeared on television from 1948 until 2014. Originally created and produced by Allen...
View ArticleComedy Showcase: Meet Raanan Hershberg, Kentucky Comedian
Raanan Hershberg is a loud, neurotic Jew from Louisville, KY. He has performed his high-energy, joke-packed comedy on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, The Late, Late Show with James Corden, and...
View ArticleWelcoming Shabbat with Lecha Dodi by Rabbi Ethan Franzel
Ethan Franzel is a rabbi with Reform ordination from the Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion. He is also a spiritual teacher, meditation leader, writer, musician and composer, and an...
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