A Joke (Actually 6 Jokes) to Start the Week - "Oldies but Goodies"

It's another Monday and time for a joke to start the week. This week we're doing something different. We came across a compilation of six short jokes that you probably have heard, but because they're oldies but goodies and told by a different joke teller, we're revisiting them with you.

The jokes ae told by Tamar Meisels, a mom of four children working full time in data and living in Israel. She has a YouTube channel and posts about a wide range of Jewish topics. We'll share some of her funny posts in the coming months.

We'll skip the setups for each joke, but we'll post the titles. You probably know all of them, but if there's one that really makes you laugh, let us know in the comments below.

1. Jewish Man Shipwrecked

2. Parking Spot Prayer

3. Stranded at Sea

4. The Talking Dog

5. Israel and its Neighbors

6. Becoming a Kohen 

Enjoy! 

     

Israeli Pop Singer Omer Adam Sings V'hee She'amda With Sold-Out Crowd of 19,000 in Brooklyn

Israeli pop singer Omer Adam mixed hit songs with religious hymns and a tribute to the IDF for audience of 19,000 at sold-out Brooklyn's Barclays Center arena on November 1, after cultural events elsewhere in city have been marred by anti-Israel activism. The Mizrachi singer is one of Israel's most popular performers.

 

In 2019, Adam said that he turned down an offer to appear at that year's Eurovision contest since it would involve working on Shabbat. While Adam is not traditionally observant, he has made a point in his career of refusing to work on Shabbat.

 

The crowd on Sunday leaned young and Orthodox. Parents danced with children in suites above the bleachers, while Hebrew-speaking families browsed kosher burgers at concession stands. In line outside the venue, a group of young men sang the religious pop song “Tamid Ohev Oti” on the sidewalk.

 

As Luke Tress wrote in The Times of Israel,

At Adam’s show, participants unfurled Israeli flags from their pockets after passing through security, draping the flags over their shoulders for the performance. Other attendees waved dozens of Israeli flags in the stands. 

The audience was familiar with Adam’s ouevre, singing along to the Hebrew lyrics. Adam often sang the opening lyrics in a line, then held out the microphone for the crowd, knowing the audience could finish out the line. At one point, he waved the crowd along like an orchestra conductor as the audience finished a verse.

Highlights from the full concert are available on YouTube.

Enjoy!

        

Welcoming Shabbat with Ana Bechoach by Ein Lanu Z'man of Agudas Achim Congregation of Northern Virginia

Ein Lanu Z'man (We Have No Time) is the name of the house band of Agudas Achim Congregation of Northern Virginia. Together with Hazzan Elisheva Dienstfrey they play and sing a wide variety of songs as part of Shabbat and Holiday services.

Led by Rabbi Steven Rein and based in Alexandria, Virginia, the congregation describes itself as a community built on covenantal relationships, generating the connections that bind one individual to another and one generation to the next.

Today we're welcoming Shabbat with Hazzan Dienstfrey and the band playing a pre-Kabbalat Shabbat concert with a version of Ana Bechoach by Raquel Pomerantz Gershon.

Enjoy, and Shabbat shalom!

          

Throwback Thursday Musical Showcase: Georgia Gibbs (born Frieda Lipschitz) Sings "Kiss of Fire"

Today's Throwback Thursday Musical Showcase takes us back 74 years to January 1952 when Georgia Gibbs sang Kiss of Fire on the Ed Sullivan Show.

Georgia Gibbs, born Frieda Lipschitz in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1918, was an American popular singer and vocal entertainer rooted in jazz. Already singing publicly in her early teens, Gibbs achieved acclaim and notoriety in the mid-1950s copying songs originating with the black rhythm and blues community and later became a featured vocalist for many radio and television variety and comedy programs.

Gibbs was the youngest of four children of Russian Jewish descent. Her father died when she was six months old, and she and her three siblings spent the next seven years in a local Jewish orphanage.

In 1943, with her name changed to Georgia Gibbs, she began appearing on the Camel Caravan radio program, hosted by Jimmy Durante and Garry Moore, where she remained a regular performer until 1947. It was Moore who bestowed upon her the famous nickname "Her Nibs, Miss Georgia Gibbs," ironically using the title to describe the singer of diminutive stature who had an enormous "authoritative" prominence in American pop music.

Enjoy!

 

   #Throwback Thursday        #TBT

Wacky Wednesday Comedy Special: "Back Seat Justice" - A Candid Camera Classic

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 a series of theatrical film shorts, also titled Candid Microphone, Funt's concept came to television on August 10, 1948, and continued into the 1970s. 

The show involved concealing cameras filming ordinary people being confronted with unusual situations, sometimes involving trick props, such as a desk with drawers that pop open when one is closed or a car with a hidden extra gas tank. When the joke was revealed, victims would be told the show's catchphrase, "Smile, you're on Candid Camera."

Peter Funt joined the show professionally in 1987 when he became a co-host with his father. During this time the show was being broadcast on the CBS television network. In 1993, Allen Funt had a serious stroke, from which he never fully recovered. This required Peter to host the show full-time. 

The show went through a few revivals. During his time on the show Peter was a producer, host and acted on the show. He also produced and hosted over 200 episodes.

In this Candid Camera classic stunt in a suburb of Toledo, Ohio, Peter, dressed as a police officer joins a real police chief in pursuit of speeding taxicabs. His goal: To give a ticket not to the cab driver but to the passenger in the back seat.

Enjoy!

          

Comedy Showcase: Ariel Elias on Circumcision, the Inquisition and Spanish Citizenship

Ariel Elias is a comedian living in New York City. Growing up, this Kentucky Jew made everyone laugh at her bat mitzvah, and the rest is history.

Today, her comedy is a fun mesh of unique, personal stories mixed with witty and wry observations. Described as “a sly young comic from Kentucky” by the "New York Times", Ariel has also been featured in "Rolling Stone", the "Washington Post", and on "Good Morning America". 

As a traveling stand up comedian, she has performed on the set of the "Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" and was named a “New Face” at the 2021 Just For Laughs Comedy Festival.

After catching Jimmy Kimmel’s attention with a viral stand-up clip that displayed her cool, calm, and hilarious composure, he invited Ariel to make her late night television debut on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!"

In this clip from her comedy special debut, Ariel talks about circumcision, college life, being the Kentucky-educated daughter of a Spanish Jew, and the Inquisition.

Enjoy!

          

A Joke to Start the Week - "Hooters"

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 Sciences), a DC from Von Karman Institute (1963) and his PhD from Princeton in Aerospace Sciences. He worked as a researcher for NASA and the Naval Research Laboratory. 

With four other scientists, he founded Fusion Systems Corporation, which invented microwave-powered UV lamps for drying coatings. He founded and served on the boards of technology companies and is active in volunteer work. He served on the executive committee of the Jewish Council for the Aging of Greater Washington for many years.

Mickey also loves Jewish jokes and sent us this one. Here's the setup: I went golfing the other day with some younger fellows. It was a long, hot day, and at the end of it a young guy said "Let's go and get a beer at Hooters." And then...

Enjoy! 

Sunday Standup Comedy Showcase: Billy Crystal's First Appearance on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show

Some of the best standup comedy was on TV shows and comedy specials in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. Today we continue our Sunday Standup series, sharing some of the classic routines by iconic comedians on Sunday editions of Jewish Humor Central.

We know Billy Crystal as an actor, comedian, singer, writer, producer, director, and television host. But he got his start in standup comedy.

For his work, he received numerous accolades, including six Primetime Emmy Awards (out of twenty-one nominations), a Tony Award, a Mark Twain Prize and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1991. He has hosted the Academy Awards nine times.

For this Sunday Standup Comedy Showcase, we're going back 50 years to 1976 to revisit his first appearance on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show.

Enjoy!

Welcoming Shabbat with Lecha Dodi by the Clergy of New York's Central Synagogue

Kabbalat Shabbat reaches its climax with Lecha Dodi, which means "Come, my beloved." In this poem, Shabbat is imagined as a bride or a queen. In this video the clergy of New York's Central Synagogue recites four of the nine verses.

 And during that final verse, they rise and turn toward the doors, physically welcoming Shabbat in, as a bride would be welcomed coming down the aisle. 

During the words, Bo'i kallah, Bo'i kallah (come, O bride), the congregation bows with respect, first to the left. then to the right, embodying reverence and joy. 

Enjoy, and Shabbat shalom!

     

Throwback Thursday Comedy Showcase: Rita Rudner - "To Have and to Annoy"

We've been big fans of Rita Rudner ever since she started to appear on late night TV in the 1980s. One of the hallmarks of her comedy is that it's clean, free from the vulgarity and shouting that many stand-up comics find necessary.  Her delivery is demure, tasteful, full of wry observations, and very funny.

Rudner started her career as a dancer, then switched to stand-up comedy about her dating experiences.  She married British producer Martin Bergman 38 years ago and they have a daughter.  She is fond of Jewish humor but generally reserves it for when she performs for Jewish audiences.

Rita is 73 now and still performing in South Florida and other locations. We are looking forward to seeing her perform on Sunday, February 14, 2027 at the Kings Point Theatre in Delray Beach, Florida. 

 

Stand-up comedian Rita Rudner -- queen of the eye roll, one-liner legend, icon of the razor sharp observations -- brings it all to the stage in this hilarious video clip from one of her shows where she exposes the annoyances that marriage can bring.

 

Enjoy! 

 

   

  #Throwback Thursday          #TBT

Wacky Wednesday Comedy Special: "Funny Money" - A Candid Camera Classic

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 a series of theatrical film shorts, also titled Candid Microphone, Funt's concept came to television on August 10, 1948, and continued into the 1970s. 

The show involved concealing cameras filming ordinary people being confronted with unusual situations, sometimes involving trick props, such as a desk with drawers that pop open when one is closed or a car with a hidden extra gas tank. When the joke was revealed, victims would be told the show's catchphrase, "Smile, you're on Candid Camera."

Peter Funt joined the show professionally in 1987 when he became a co-host with his father. During this time the show was being broadcast on the CBS television network. In 1993, Allen Funt had a serious stroke, from which he never fully recovered. This required Peter to host the show full-time. 

The show went through a few revivals. During his time on the show Peter was a producer, host and acted on the show. He also produced and hosted over 200 episodes.

In this Candid Camera classic stunt Peter plays the role of a store clerk who takes a $20 bill from cash paying customers, puts it through a fake verification machine, declares it to be counterfeit and shreds it while the customers watch in anger.

Enjoy!

 

A Medley From Fiddler on the Roof as it Approaches its 55th Anniversary

As Fiddler on the Roof approaches the 55th anniversary of its release as a film, Cantor Azi Schwartz of the Park Avenue Synagogue has posted a medley from the show -- an excerpt from the concert "Broadway: a Jewish Journey" that was recently performed before a full house at the synagogue.

Few musicals capture the Jewish experience quite like Fiddler - making us laugh, bringing us to tears, and reminding us of the timeless struggle between holding on to tradition and embracing change. 

This concert featured Cantors Azi Schwartz, Mira Davis, and Arielle Reisner, with Bob McDonald, Arielle Jacobs, Zachary Piser, Lindsay Lavin, Joanie Leeds, Seth Rudetzky, Rebecca Kasper, and Jenny Baker.

Enjoy! 

A Joke to Start the Week - "Bedtime Prayer"

It's another Monday and time for another Joke to Start the Week. This week we're posting another joke from Dr. Jay Orlikoff, a retired dentist from Centereach, New York, a community on Long Island in Suffolk County.

After a distinguished and meritorious dental career, he is shifting his focus to telling and posting jokes on YouTube. We were fortunate to find some of his jokes and we're sharing one of the family-friendly ones with you today. 

It's an oldie but goodie that you've probably heard before, but like many of these, we find it interesting to see the same joke told in a slightly different way by a different joke teller.

Here's the setup: A rabbi is talking to a little 6-year-old boy and he says "Bobby, every night when you go to bed do you wash your face and hands?"  And then...

Enjoy!

Sunday Standup Comedy Showcase: Bill Dana as Jose Jimenez, Bullfighter

Some of the best standup comedy was on TV shows and comedy specials in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. Today we continue our Sunday Standup series, sharing some of the classic routines by iconic comedians on Sunday editions of Jewish Humor Central.

Bill Dana was a very popular comedian in the 1960s. He often appeared on television shows such as The Ed Sullivan Show, The Danny Thomas Show, The Steve Allen Show, and his own sitcom, The Bill Dana Show, usually as a heavily accented Bolivian character named José Jiménez. 

Dana was born William Szathmary in Quincy, Massachusetts. He was of Hungarian-Jewish descent. He took his stage name "Dana" after his mother's first name "Dena" as he felt "Szathmary" was unpronounceable. 

In this video clip from a Smothers Brothers prime time variety show in 1989, Dana (as Jose Jimenez) does his bullfighter routine.

Enjoy!

Welcoming Shabbat with Adon Olam Sung to "Scarborough Fair" at Congregação Israelita Mineira of Brazil

The Congregação Israelita Mineira (CIM) was founded in 1996 in Mineira, a state in Southeastern Brazil. In the synagogue, Tiféret Israel, with capacity for up to 400 people, men and women can pray together. 

Since July 2020, the religious leader of the CIM has been Rabbi Lucca Myara.

In this video, Rabbi Myara and pianist and choir leader Daniel Augusto sing the hymn Adon Olam, which is usuallly sung at the end of the Shabbat service. This version is set to the melody of Scarborough Fair.

Enjoy, and Shabbat shalom!

Musical Showcase: "A Tzaddik in Peltz" - An Original Chassidic Animated Music Video

What does it mean to be a Tzaddik? Is it enough to keep yourself warm, or should you bring warmth to everyone around you?

A Tzaddik in Peltz (A Tzaddik in a Fur Coat) brings a classic Chassidic teaching to life through an upbeat original song with AI cinematic 3D animation.

On a freezing winter's day, a group of Chassidim shiver inside a little shul. In the corner sits one man, perfectly comfortable in his magnificent fur coat. He's warm. But what about everyone else? A fur coat keeps one person warm. A fire can warm an entire room.

The lesson? Don't just look after your own spiritual warmth. Spread the light of Torah and Yiddishkeit to those around you. Don't just wear the coat. Light the fire!

Enjoy!

Produced by: Chaim's Corner Music & Lyrics: Chaim's Corner Music Production: Suno Animation: AI-assisted 3D animation Creative Direction & Editing: Chaim's Corner

Wacky Wednesday Comedy Showcase: Greedy Dentist Tries to Sell Patients Souvenirs of Visit - A Candid Camera Classic

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 a series of theatrical film shorts, also titled Candid Microphone, Funt's concept came to television on August 10, 1948, and continued into the 1970s. 

The show involved concealing cameras filming ordinary people being confronted with unusual situations, sometimes involving trick props, such as a desk with drawers that pop open when one is closed or a car with a hidden extra gas tank. When the joke was revealed, victims would be told the show's catchphrase, "Smile, you're on Candid Camera."

Peter Funt joined the show professionally in 1987 when he became a co-host with his father. During this time the show was being broadcast on the CBS television network. In 1993, Allen Funt had a serious stroke, from which he never fully recovered. This required Peter to host the show full-time. 

The show went through a few revivals. During his time on the show Peter was a producer, host and acted on the show. He also produced and hosted over 200 episodes.

In this Candid Camera classic stunt set in a dentist's office, Peter plays the role of a greedy dentist who tries to sell patients jewelry made with extracted teeth. Watch their reactions!

Enjoy!

Israeli Standup Comedy Special: Comedian Yohay Sponder on the FlyDubai Airplane Rescue

With over 20 years of experience, Yohay Sponder brings his unique outlook on life to the stage.  Throughout his career he has starred in multiple TV and radio shows. He produces and headlines in 'Funny Monday - Israeli Comedy in English' and has performed all over the world. 

Having gained a massive following on social media, Sponder most recently finished up a sold-out tour in Europe with his new show "Self Loving Jew". 

In June Sponder toured the USA with shows in Boston, Philadelphia, and Fort Lauderdale.

In this video clip from a recent performance, Sponder shares his funny observations on the airline procedures associated with the rescue of the FlyDubai airplane on its flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv.

Enjoy!

A Joke to Start the Week - Two Groaner Jokes from Dr. Jay

It's another Monday and time for another Joke to Start the Week. This week we're posting another joke from Dr. Jay Orlikoff, a retired dentist from Centereach, New York, a community on Long Island in Suffolk County.

After a distinguished and meritorious dental career, he is shifting his focus to telling and posting jokes on YouTube. We were fortunate to find some of his jokes and we're sharing one of the family-friendly ones with you today. As a bonus, we're posting two of his jokes today, but we have to warn you that they are groaners.

Here's the setup for the first one: Every day on his way home a doctor stops by a bar and orders a hazelnut daiquiri. This goes on for years. The bartender always has the drink ready for him at precisely 5:03 pm. And then...

Enjoy!

Sunday Standup Comedy Showcase - Jackie Mason on Psychiatrists

Some of the best standup comedy was on TV shows and comedy specials in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. Today we continue our Sunday Standup series, sharing some of the classic routines by iconic comedians on Sunday editions of Jewish Humor Central.  

Today we're sharing one of Jackie Mason's early standup comedy routines about psychiatrists, part of his one-man Broadway show, The World According to Me. Let's turn the clock back 65 years and enjoy Jackie in his prime. 

From humble comic beginnings in New York, the Borscht Belt, and comedy clubs around the country, Jackie Mason rose to be one the hottest comics in America in the early 1960's.  

Born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin as Yacov Moshe Maza, Jackie Mason was raised on the Lower East Side of Manhattan surrounded by rabbis. 

His father, grandfather, great grandfather, and great, great-grandfather were all rabbis, as are his three brothers. No surprise that at age 25, Jackie Mason was ordained a rabbi.

Three years later, he quit his job in a synagogue to become a comedian because, as he says, "Somebody in the family had to make a living." 

Enjoy!

Welcoming Shabbat with Ein Keloheinu by Zach Mayer

Zach Mayer brings people together through the power of nigunim, spiritual wordless melodies, rooted in Jewish tradition. Zach channels his family lineage of four-generations of cantors before him, as he guides communities around the world in pursuing their own joyous voices in song. 

Singer, composer, multi-instrumentalist and teacher, Mayer has over 35 million hits on YouTube. He performs internationally with Zion80, a 10-piece Jewish Afrobeat band inspired by the music of Shlomo Carlebach, and his folk sextet, Night Tree, has toured internationally and has released two albums produced by Seamus Egan of SOLAS.

Today we're welcoming another Shabbat with a joyous rendition of Ein Keloheinu by Zach Mayer.

Enjoy, and Shabbat shalom! 

Musical Showcase: Broadway Actress Julie Benko Sings "With a Little Bit of Lox"

Julie Benko, the Broadway actress and singer who starred as Fanny Brice in Funny Girl, performed at a High Holiday concert last month, entertaining the audience with an original medley consisting of parodies of songs from My Fair Lady, Oklahoma, Annie, and Guys and Dolls.

As Daci Platt wrote on the Kveller website this week,

In the song, from her cabaret show “With a Little Bit of Lox: Broadway’s Bashert,” Benko tells a relatable story of Jewish parenting goals that clashed with her own ambitions: “Oy, my mom thought I should go to med school,” she sings. “She thought I could be a successful MD, but instead I said ‘I’ll get a theater degree.’”

Then, she breaks into a series of familiar Broadway tunes: “Oy what a pain in my tuches,” she belts to the tune of “Oh What a Beautiful Mornin’” from “Oklahoma.” She goes on to parody “Annie” and “Guys and Dolls,” throwing in a few Yiddish gems along the way, to appreciative applause — the oh-so-satisfying “if you know, you know” kind of applause.

The concert was put on by Jewish Artists Gathering, an organization that celebrates the intersection of the theater and Jewish communities. Previously, the group has hosted the annual Broadway Community Seder, where Broadway legends perform original songs like “Everything’s Coming Up Moses.” 

Enjoy! 

Wacky Wednesday Comedy Showcase: "Angry Birds" - A Candid Camera Classic

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 a series of theatrical film shorts, also titled Candid Microphone, Funt's concept came to elevision on August 10, 1948, and continued into the 1970s. 

The show involved concealing cameras filming ordinary people being confronted with unusual situations, sometimes involving trick props, such as a desk with drawers that pop open when one is closed or a car with a hidden extra gas tank. When the joke was revealed, victims would be told the show's catchphrase, "Smile, you're on Candid Camera."

Peter Funt joined the show professionally in 1987 when he became a co-host with his father. During this time the show was being broadcast on the CBS television network. In 1993, Allen Funt had a serious stroke, from which he never fully recovered. This required Peter to host the show full-time. 

The show went through a few revivals. During his time on the show Peter was a producer, host and acted on the show. He also produced and hosted over 200 episodes.

In this Candid Camera classic stunt the crew hired some men to wash a car that they placed under a tree populated by birds who didn't hesitate to drop their loads on the freshly cleaned car and on the cleaners as well.

Enjoy!

Comedy Showcase: Meet Aaron Aryanpur, Iranian Jewish Texan Standup Comic

Aaron Aryanpur has been doing standup comedy for many years, but somehow we never saw him perform until now. So today we're sharing some of his work and bringing him into the Jewish Humor Central world.

As the son of an Iranian father and a Jewish mother and a lifelong Texan, he brings an unusual combination of ethnicity and multiculturalism to his comedy.

Aryanpur first performed stand-up in 2002, and became a full-time comic in 2013. His material is often about his family life as a father and husband. Jeremy Hallock of the Dallas Observer has noted that Aryanpur's style, typified by long-form stories with an "impeccable sense of rhythm", avoids the lack of edginess associated with family comedy by "capturing the anger and frustration that goes with the territory while making it hilarious". 

Enjoy!

A Joke to Start the Week - "The Army of Hashem"

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 Sciences), a DC from Von Karman Institute (1963) and his PhD from Princeton in Aerospace Sciences. He worked as a researcher for NASA and the Naval Research Laboratory. 

With four other scientists, he founded Fusion Systems Corporation, which invented microwave-powered UV lamps for drying coatings. He founded and served on the boards of technology companies and is active in volunteer work. He served on the executive committee of the Jewish Council for the Aging of Greater Washington for many years.

Mickey also loves Jewish jokes and sent us this one. Here's the setup: Morris Goldberg was leaving the Yom Kippur services at his shul, and as usual, Rabbi Mendel Kaplan was standing at the door saying goodbye to everybody. And then...

Enjoy! 

Sunday Standup Comedy Showcase: Yakov Smirnoff's Best Moments

Some of the best standup comedy was on TV shows and comedy specials in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. Today we continue our Sunday Standup series, sharing some of the classic routines by iconic comedians on Sunday editions of Jewish Humor Central.  

Yakov Smirnoff, the Soviet-born American Jewish comedian, actor and writer, was a big name on the comedy circuit after emigrating to the United States in 1977. When he was born in Odessa, the Ukraine, in 1951, it was still part of the Soviet Union.

He reached the height of his success in the mid-to-late 1980s, when he also appeared in several films and television shows, including his own 1986-87 sitcom, What a Country!. His comic persona was of a naive immigrant from the Soviet Union who was perpetually confused and delighted about life in the United States.

His humor combined a mockery of life under Communism and of consumerism in the United States, as well as word play caused by misunderstanding of American phrases and culture, all punctuated by the catchphrase, "And I thought, 'What a country!'" 

He continues to do stand-up comedy, incorporating his signature "What a country!" perspective, insights from his doctorate in psychology, and stories from his life. When he is not on tour, he also performs at his namesake theater in Branson, Missouri.

Here's a video clip with some of his best comedy moments. Enjoy!

Welcoming Shabbat with Adon Olam Sung by Cantor Daniel Mendelson of Congregation Kol Ami

With the High Holidays behind us, we're settling in to welcome an ordinary Shabbat. This week we're joining Cantor Daniel Mendelson and the choir of Congregation Kol Ami, a Reform synagogue located in White Plains, New York. The congregation's 700+ families come from White Plains, Scarsdale, Edgemont, Eastchester, Rye, Rye Brook, New Rochelle, Larchmont, Mamaroneck, Ardsley, Hartsdale, Harrison and Chappaqua.

Cantor Mendelson has served as senior cantor of Congregation Kol Ami since July of 2020. A graduate of the Cantors Assembly’s Cantorial Intern Program, and the son of two distinguished cantors, Daniel was introduced to Jewish music and opera from a young age. His repertoire runs the gamut from cantorial, to opera, to Broadway, to good old fashioned rock n’ roll. 

Enjoy, and Shabbat shalom!