Thursday, December 19, 2024

Thursday, December 05, 2024

Pasken First, Assess The Case Afterwards

This keeps happening!  Rabbis need to stop taking positions based on either ignorance or impression without investigating who/what/why and talking to both sides of an issue before deciding. They don't even know what they don't know.

Additionally, this is a stupid excuse, because if the content is not objectionable, then it shouldn't matter whether or not he thought the songwriter was Chiloni. Sad.

Tuesday, November 05, 2024

Singer Mendel Roth Is Joining Tzahal.

 Chasidic singer, Mendel Roth, the son of the Shomer Emunim Rebbe is joining Tzahal.

Monday, October 21, 2024

BD'E - Rav Aviezer Wolfson

 Saddened to report the passing of Rav Aviezer Wolfson, the composer of the well-known Mah Ashiv many of us sing in shul.

BD'E. Yigal Calek Z"L

BD'E, Yigal Calek has died. 

No hedpeidim on Chol Hamoed.

Sunday, October 06, 2024

Thursday, July 11, 2024

Sheitel-Wearing To Save Her Life

 Eden Golan wore a sheitel in Malmo.

Like many frum women, she wore a blonde wig despite being a brunette.

Tuesday, July 09, 2024

Tuesday, June 18, 2024

Hamas Does Kiruv

Seriously. 

When "Ki Mala'ah Ha'aretz Hamas" = " Ki Mala'ah Ha'aretz Dei'ah Es Hashem."

Tuesday, May 21, 2024

My Heart Is Crying

The Illustrated Hostage Diary of Moran Stella Yanai

"The Song"

One day I caught a bacterial infection in my intestines. It felt like I had a fever of 40 degrees Celsius. On the first day, I vomited and had diarrhea that drained my life away. I had 20 milliliters of water that they gave me for two days, and I vomited that, too, so my body became even more dehydrated. On the second day, imagine a corpse. My head was slumped on the mattress. I said, this is it, I'm going to die like this. This is hat's going to happen. In my mind, I was already saying goodbye. And we had this thing with their radio. Obviously, we didn't listen to the radio, but when the terrorists would scan through the stations, sometimes they would come across an Israeli station. The door was open. On of them came in with his radio, and he saw me with my head slumped, and as he entered, I heard :Hear Israel, you are the omnipotent..." [From the song "When the Heart Cried" by Sarit Hadad].

Do you know what kind of smile that gave me? And then we remembered the song's end is : "Make it end, for no more strength is left within me." I didn't agree to say that, so I changed the lyrics to: "For I have plenty of Strength! For I have plenty of strength!" and I recovered."

 

Friday, April 19, 2024

Saturday, March 30, 2024

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Modzits, er, Skver, er, Belz... er...



This song is credited to Modzits/Skver, but it should really be Belz, er,  Belf.




 

Thursday, February 15, 2024

Jingle Belz!

Tis the season. Election season, that is!



 

Wednesday, February 07, 2024

Ta'am Gan Eden

 




The worst ever remake of Guns & Roses' " Paradise City"... Here's "Bnei Brak City".

Monday, February 05, 2024

BD'E - Rebbe Alter

Sad to share that Rebbe Alter has died. His music was catchy, educational, and he was one of a small handful of artists (Uncle Moishy and Marvelous Middos Machine being two others) whose work has had consistent staying power and resonance over the years.

His hits include "Pharoah in Pajamas", "Aish Is Fire", and the "Afikoman Song" (setting it to the melody of Shomrim Hafked was an ironic touch that I assume was intentional).

He educated generations of Jewish children and his songs will continue his legacy. Yehei zichro baruch.

Sunday, November 26, 2023

Lipa Gets Cancelled

 Been a while since Lipa was cancelled.

I'm not impressed with much of what he's done since A Poshiter Yid, which was brilliant, and consider him to be a largely irrelevant figure on the Jewish music stage these days. 

That said, this reflects his better side. Shame on Satmar! Their rebbes (both of them) had the sense to condemn Neturei Karta publicly these past weeks. This is an embarrassment for them.