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We Could Not Be Happier About This 1980s Jewish Kitsch Music Album

Gefilte Joe and the Fish, Oy George, Georgie Girl, The Screaming Faloshes – these aren’t the punchlines of bad Jewish jokes, but the names of four “bands” who recorded Jewish novelty tunes for a 1984 Rhino Records EP called Kosher Club. What’s shocking: the songs are actually hilarious. Dug out of obscurity in 2007 by […]

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The Dazzling Way Your Cantor Prays for Competence on the High Holidays

It’s hard out there for a cantor. On any regular week you have to lead a congregation in prayers, hopefully with a nice voice and a pleasing style. And if that pressure weren’t bad enough, then the High Holidays come around, and you feel like you’re being watched by every Jew within a 100-mile radius. […]

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‘Had Gadya’ Viral Video Inspiration for Your Seder

The Passover song about all the awe-inspiring and dreadful things that happen after a man sells a goat for “two zuzim” is generally sung by very sleepy children, in a sonorous tune that reminds everyone that they really are ready for bed. But the upbeat, shockingly gorgeous version sung by a table full of black-hatted Haredi men in […]

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