Welcome to Shemini Atzeret with a Simchat Torah Rap by Rap Daddy D

Our month of holidays concludes this week with Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah -- Monday in Israel and Monday and Tuesday everywhere else. 

We'll be celebrating both days in a New Jersey synagogue and we'll be back with our usual mix of funny stuff and Jewish entertainment on Wednesday.

But we have one more chance to share a holiday video with you and we selected the Simchat Torah Rap by David Nachenberg, who also goes by the name Rap Daddy D. The first half of the song is in Hebrew and the second half is in English.

Enjoy, and Chag Sameach!

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Musical Showcase: Meet Mezumenet - Maryland's Female a Cappella Group

Mezumenet is the University of Maryland's Jewish a cappella group. It was founded in December 2008 by four young women who studied (and sang) in Israel together. When they came to the University of Maryland they wanted to continue to share their passion for singing and Jewish culture.

Their repertoire includes traditional Jewish melodies, current Israeli pop, classic rock, current Broadway hits, and contemporary radio hits, all rounded out with their unique Mezumenet parodies. 

Let us Bench is a parody of Be Our Guest from the animated film Beauty and the Beast. It's about the only thing that's left to do after a long Shabbat lunch -- saying the Grace After Meals (Benching). The lyrics appear below the video.

Enjoy, and Shabbat Shalom!

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Let us bench, let us bench
Let us daven like a mensch
We've been sitting here and talking and we really need a rest
Challah's gone, cholent too
So there's one thing left to do
It's halacha and I don't lie
Don't believe me? Ask the rabbi!

Time is short, I'm in a crunch
After all it's way past lunch
And I've already digested all this food
Go on and take that step
This is no time to schlep
So let us bench
Let us bench
Let us bench

I got here at twelve o'clock
And you never stopped your talk
Gossiping, oh it was fun
Oh have you seen the rabbi's son?
But politics don't thrill me
And I have somewhere to be
I don't mean to be complaining
You're no longer entertaining

We told jokes
Heard your schtick
Now come on, let's be quick
Oh the food was really great, I've no regrets
But drain that kiddush glass
Get up and off your--tuchus!
And let us bench
Let us bench
Let us bench

Life is so unnerving
For a girl who's so observing
And my head just needs a bed to lay upon
Ah, those Shabbos naps when I was little
Suddenly those good old naps are gone

For hours we've been sitting
And for me it's time for quitting
I need exercise, a chance to use my limbs
Today we just sat around the table
Flabby, fat, and lazy
And it's making me go crazy

Let's not bench, let's not bench
It's not something we suggest
You haven't been here all that long
And dear quite frankly you're our guest
So sit down, eat more food
It's not time yet to conclude
'Til the moonlight starts a-glowing
Let us help you, we'll keep going

Course by course
Song by song
We'll stay here 'til day is done
Then Mez can sing you off to sleep as you digest
We know you love to schmooze
(But I've just got to snooze!)
So let's not bench (So let us bench!)
Let's not bench (Let's bench!)
Let's not bench (Miriam, you pulled this last week, I'm not doing it again!)
Please let's not bench (The rabbi's son would be so disappointed!)

Throwback Thursday Comedy Special: George Burns at 93 on the Johnny Carson Show

When George Burns was 93 years old in 1989 he was interviewed by Johnny Carson on his Tonight Show. In the interview Burns reminisced about the many entertainers that he knew and wrote about in his book All My Best Friends, including Al Jolson, Groucho Marx, and Jack Benny.

Burns, who lived to be 100, had Carson laughing as he joked about outliving his doctors and his habit of smoking between 15 and 20 cigars every day.
   
Enjoy!

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High Holiday Special: A Tunisian Piyut (Liturgical Poem) and Request for Redemption

The liturgical poem (Piyut) “Come to Us with Mercy” was composed by the scholar and lyricist, Freha bat Avraham bar Adiva.

Freha was born in Morocco in the 18th century, and migrated with her family to Tunis due to the pogroms in Morocco. The pogroms spread to Tunis in the 1750’s, causing Freha’s father and brothers to flee. Freha’s fate is not known.

She wrote the piyut “Come to Us with Mercy,” with its chorus “Who at morning time hears my voice” as a private supplication to the Almighty, and a request to bring redemption to the Jewish people.

The words of the supplication teach us about the riots against the people of Tunis and of Freha’s hopes to be saved and for the Land of Israel to be freed from Ottoman rule. She describes this hope by praying that Israel would inherit the land from “the hand of Ishmael” (MiYad Yishmaeli). Her request seems a little strange to people of our time, however, in her time – such a request was appropriate. Some have called to slightly alter the words in order to reflect the return of the Jewish people to their land, so that it reads “Immediately – My God will hear” (MiYad – Yishma Eli).

In the sixth verse, we learn about Freha’s personal hardship and suffering, when she uses the nickname“Bat Yosef – Daughter of Joseph”, hinting at the biblical name of the Jewish people “House of Joseph”. This is a unique, feminine personification of a people that longs to return to its land, and over the years the nickname “Bat Yosef” became her nom de plume.

It is customary to sing the piyut in Sephardic congregations during the High Holidays and in many Masorti congregations in Israel during Rosh Hashanah services. The poem can be found in the Masorti Machzor Pote’ach Sha’ar for the High Holidays.

Cantor Saralee Shrell-Fox, a member of Maayanot, a Masorti congregation in Jerusalem, and a cantor at Moreshet Yisrael, composed this beautiful melody for Freha Bat Avraham's piyut together with her son Maayan. 

It may be that many liturgical poems have been written by women and have disappeared over the generations. Freha’s supplication might only be one example amongst a wealth of poems and feminine creation that was produced in Spain and in North Africa. By re-introducing liturgy written by women into our prayers today, we reclaim a feminine voice that has been lost to us.

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(A tip of the kippah to Dan Mosenkis for bringing this piyut to our attention.)

"Big Bang Theory" Actress Mayim Bialik Builds a Sukkah

With Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur behind us, our attention turns to Sukkot, one of the happiest holidays in the Jewish calendar.

We hope you had an easy and meaningful fast, and now it's time to plan our feasts for the eight-day holiday of Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret, and Simchat Torah.

Some start building a sukkah immediately after Yom Kippur, and many sukkot went up last night and today.

One of the sukkah building projects was done by actress Mayim Bialik.

You may know Mayim Bialik as Amy Farrah Fowler, Sheldon Cooper's neuroscientist girlfriend (now wife) on The Big Bang Theory, but in real life she really is a neuroscientist who identifies as an Orthodox Jew.

In August 2015, Bialik launched her own lifestyle website, GrokNation, which caters to women and includes wide-ranging topics such as religion, popular culture, parenting, and Hollywood.

Bialik also mentioned in her interviews that her website's title was in reference to the classic 1961 sci-fi novel Stranger in a Strange Land and was derived from the word grok, which means to fully grasp something in the deepest way possible.

In this video Mayim  shows you how she built her sukkah last year and what it looks like when completed.  There's time lapse and drone footage.

Whether you built your own sukkah or whether you'll be spending time this week in the sukkah of a friend or a synagogue, we wish you good weather and a very happy holiday. We will be celebrating a family Sukkot and we'll be in shul Monday and Tuesday. We'll be back on Wednesday with our usual mix of Jewish humor.

Enjoy, and Chag Sameach!

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Welcoming Shabbat with Adon Olam in a Hungarian Synagogue

We have been posting versions of Adon Olam from all over the world, 43 so far. Every week we search the Internet for new interpretations of this classic Shabbat morning hymn. 

And today we're posting our 44th Adon Olam, this one from the Leo Frankel Synagogue in Budapest, Hungary. The occasion was a festive concert on September 3, the 130th birthday of the Synagogue.

There are 400 seats in the synagogue that was built in 1888. In the 1920’s a block building was built around it to protect it. It's a Neolog synagogue which is the mainstream denomination in Hungary. It’s somewhere between Conservative and Modern Orthodox.

– Men and women sit separated but without a mechitzah.
– It is not egalitarian: women are not counted to the minyan neither called for aliyah.
– Most congregants celebrate rather than keep Shabbat.

And they are very enthusiastic, as you can see from the joyous singing of Adon Olam.

Enjoy, and Shabbat shalom!

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Throwback Thursday Comedy Special: Milton Berle as Elvis Presley's Twin Brother Melvin

With Yom Kippur in the rear view mirror, we hope you all had an easy and meaningful fast.

Now in this festive month of one holiday after another, we're taking a Throwback Thursday comedy break and turning the clock back to 1956. That's 62 years ago. 

Back then, color TV was just beginning to become available and most programming was in black and white. Milton Berle was in his prime and on his way to becoming the king of television. In 1956 he did a special with Elvis Presley on the deck of the U.S.S. Hancock in which Elvis introduced him as his twin brother Melvin Presley. 

After a couple of minutes of patter, they put their guitars to work in a rendition of Blue Suede Shoes. 

Enjoy!

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Getting Ready for Yom Kippur with Avinu Malkeinu

Yom Kippur begins tonight with Kol Nidrei and ends tomorrow night with the singing of Avinu Malkeinu (Our Father, Our King.) The prayer is chanted at the end of the Neilah service before the last shofar blast of the High Holidays.

There are many versions of Avinu Malkeinu, but one of the most popular is the one composed by Max Janowski. Today we're sharing that version as sung a year ago in New York's Park Avenue Synagogue by cantors Azi Schwartz, Shira Lessek, and Rachel Brook. The words appear below the video.

We hope it puts you in the proper mood to experience a meaningful day of prayer and reflection. We'll be in synagogue all day tomorrow and back on Thursday with our usual Jewish Humor Central mix.

G'mar Chatimah Tovah!



Our father our king, hear our prayer
We have sinned before Thee
Have compassion upon us and upon our children
Help us bring an end to pestilence, war, and famine
Cause all hate and oppression to vanish from the earth
Inscribe us for blessing in the Book Of Life
Let the new year be a good year for us

Avinu malkeinu sh'ma kolenu
Avinu malkeinu chatanu l'fanecha
Avinu malkeinu chamol aleynu
V'al olaleynu v'tapenu

Avinu malkeinu
Kaleh dever v'cherev v'raav mealeynu
Avinu malkeinu kaleh chol tsar
Umastin mealeynu

Avinu malkeinu
Avinu malkeinu
Kotvenu b'sefer chayim tovim
Avinu malkeinu chadesh aleynu
Chadesh aleynu shanah tovah
 

A Joke to Start the Week - "A Yom Kippur Hole in One"

It's another Monday. Time for another joke to start the week. But it's also the day before Yom Kippur eve. What to do? How to be true to both traditions? There has to be a joke about Yom Kippur that will fit the bill. But where?

Enter the Internet, and Google. It wasn't easy, but we found one, and here it is, as told by a puppet on the Beliefnet website.

Here's the setup: A rabbi loved to play golf, but he never seemed to have time. He couldn't play on Shabbat, there was religious school on Sundays, and on days off something always comes up. But amidst all the activity of the High Holidays, he got a very early tee time before services on Yom Kippur. And then...

Enjoy!


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U.S. Ambassador Makes Emergency Trip to Jerusalem Shuk for Rosh Hashanah

A few days before Rosh Hashanah, U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman discovered that the  jar of honey that he was going to use for the first night of the holiday was missing from his new office in Jerusalem. It probably got lost in the move from Tel Aviv. 

So, after a quick call to his wife, he ended up in Mahane Yehuda, the Jerusalem shuk, where he was able to find a solution to his problem and to wish a Shanah Tovah to all of us.

Enjoy!

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Jewish Traces in Unexpected Places: Jerusalem Cantors Choir Sings "Am Yisrael Chai" in New Synagogue in Serbia

Thirty cantors who lead services year-round in Jerusalem synagogues also sing in the Jerusalem Cantors Choir, with performances in Israel and beyond.

In July the choir traveled to Subotica, Serbia for the dedication of a renovated synagogue there. The cantors performed a full program of Israeli and Jewish songs that included Hatikvah, Oseh Shalom, Chiribim, Jerusalem of Gold, Al Kol Eleh, and many others.

Here is their rendition of Am Yisrael Chai. Enjoy, and Shabbat shalom!

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Throwback Thursday Comedy Special: Sid Caesar in "The Commuters: Small Apartment"

When Your Show of Shows was canceled in 1954, Sid Caesar started a new show called Caesar's Hour. The popular series of sketches called The Hickenloopers, about a bickering married couple, was recast as The Commuters, with Nanette Fabray playing Sid's wife as Imogene Coca had played in The Hickenloopers.

In this 1955 episode, "The Small Apartment," Bob and Nan Victor (Sid Caesar and Nanette Fabray) try to host a dinner party for three couples in a city apartment that's far too small for the task. Meanwhile, their guests continually needle them about their spacious suburban homes.
Enjoy!

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How "Old Jews Telling Jokes" Got Started

Old Jews Telling Jokes has been around since 2008, first as a web site, then as a CD, book, DVD, and an off-Broadway show that has been traveling all around the USA.

It was the creation of Sam Hoffman and Eric Spiegelman, who got the idea from listening to their parents telling jokes with their friends in central New Jersey.

In this NJTV News interview, Hoffman tells the story of how his idea blossomed into a source of laughter for so many people. 

Enjoy!

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Wishing All of Our Readers a Shanah Tovah - Happy New Year 5779

Thanks to our thousands of loyal subscribers and casual readers worldwide who have joined us during the year.

We started this blog on October 5, 2009 and it's been going strong with more than 2600 blog entries and almost 3 million page views over the last nine years.  

We appreciate your loyalty and we hope to keep bringing you a daily mix of Jewish humor in all of its forms -- traditional, eclectic, musical, unbelievable but true, and just funny, tempered with touches of nostalgia and Yiddishe nachas. 

5778 has been a great year for us -- a year of wonderful friendship, a year in which our nine books on Jewish humor have been selling on Amazon.com, and in which we performed 18 comedy shows and lectures in Florida, New York, New Jersey, and Montreal.

We'll be attending services for Rosh Hashanah tomorrow and Tuesday, and we'll be back posting again on Wednesday.  Here's wishing a happy, healthy, joyous, prosperous and funny New Year from our family to yours! 

Getting Ready for Rosh Hashanah with Psalm 150 (Halleluyah) Sung by Zamir Chorale

 

With Rosh Hashanah starting on Sunday evening, we're taking a break from pop music songs about the holiday and getting in the liturgical mood with a selection from the Shofarot section of the Musaf service.

It's a beautiful rendition of Psalm 150 (Halleluyah) with music by Louis Lewandowski. It's sung by the participants of the 28th Annual North American Jewish Choral Fesitval conducted by Maestro Mathew Lazar, Founder and Director of the Zamir Choral Foundation.

Enjoy, and Shabbat shalom!

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Throwback Thursday Comedy Special: Sid Caesar At the Movies

It's another Throwback Thursday and time for another comedy special from the past. Today we're going back 67 years to 1951 when Your Show of Shows was the weekly show you just had to watch. 

The regulars on the show were Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, and Howard Morris. All four of them appear in this comedy sketch. 

Sid goes to the movies and settles into his seat. Before long he finds himself embroiled in an argument between a bickering couple played by Imogene Coca and Carl Reiner. Then the sparks fly.

Enjoy!

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Here Come the Rosh Hashanah Videos: Technion Robots Celebrate Rosh Hashanah

The students and faculty of Israel's Technion - Israel Institute of Technology are always eager to demonstrate their scientific and engineering talents, and the Jewish holidays give them the opportunity to apply their knowledge in humorous ways.

In this video, filmed in the Technion's Cognitive Robotics Laboratory,  the Technion robots collaborate to produce a Rosh Hashanah party. First they set the table and then they bring flowers, apples and honey to celebrate the New Year. 

One robot selects a nice apple for Technion president Peretz Lavie to dip into honey, shake hands with one of the robots and wish all viewers a Happy New Year. The robot even attempts to blow a shofar, but we think it needs a bit more practice.

Enjoy!

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Here Come the Rosh Hashanah Videos: Boys Town Jerusalem Wishes a Happy New Year With Ya'aseh Shalom

Boys Town Jerusalem is one of Israel's premier institutions for educating the country's next generation of leaders in the fields of technology, commerce, education, the military and public service. 

Since its founding in 1948, BTJ has pursued its mission of turning young boys from limited backgrounds into young men with limitless futures. From Junior High through the College level, the three part curriculum at Boys Town - academic, technological and Torah - is designed to turn otherwise disadvantaged Israeli youth into productive citizens of tomorrow. 

Boys Town’s 18 acre campus is a home away from home for its more than 950 students. More than 7,500 graduates hold key positions throughout Israeli society.

For Rosh Hashanah, the Boys Town Jerusalem choir performs Ya'aseh Shalom. Enjoy!

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A Joke to Start the Week - "Tel Aviv Taxi"

Today we have another joke for you from Israel and one of our newest joke tellers, Max Nathans. Max was born in Holland and since 1969 has been living in kibbutz Matzuva in northern Israel.

As a kibbutz member he filled all sorts of jobs, and worked most of the time as a certified electrician.

Now retired, he is busy with various things and works as a volunteer in a center for people with special needs.

Here's the setup: One night was driving his taxi near Tel Aviv and suddenly next to Ramat Gan the taxi was hailed. Moshe stopped the car and in jumped a lady in the back seat. And then...

Enjoy!

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