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Nachum Segal interviews Dr. Faygie Zakheim and Rav Judah Mischel of Camp HASC and he presents great Jewish A Cappella music, the latest news from Israel and Morning Chizuk with Rabbi Dovid Goldwasser.
Nachum Segal interviews Chaim Klimovitsky, Executive Director of Mitzvah for Ukraine and presents great Jewish A Cappella music, the latest news from Israel and Morning Chizuk with Rabbi Dovid Goldwasser.
Mayer Fertig presents great Jewish A Cappella music, the latest news from Israel and Rabbi Benjamin Yudin to discuss the Torah portion of the week.
Mayer Fertig presents great Jewish A Cappella music, the latest news from Israel and Morning Chizuk with Rabbi Dovid Goldwasser.
Nachum Segal speaks to Miriam L. Wallach about Camp Morasha's 60th Anniversary Shiria and he presents great Jewish A Cappella music, the latest news from Israel and Morning Chizuk with Rabbi Dovid Goldwasser.
Nachum Segal interviews Rabbi Dr. David Hertzberg, Director of the Yeshivah of Flatbush William S. Levine Family Shoah Institute, and he presents great Jewish A Cappella music, the latest news from Israel and Morning Chizuk with Rabbi Dovid Goldwasser.
Nachum Segal presents great Jewish A Cappella music, the latest news from Israel and Morning Chizuk with Rabbi Dovid Goldwasser.
Nachum Segal presents Harry Rothenberg's parsha vlog, great Jewish A Cappella, the Weekly Update with Malcolm Hoenlein, the latest news from Israel and Rabbi Benjamin Yudin to discuss the Torah portion of the week.
Nachum Segal interviews Elliot Auerbacher of Grilling for IDF and he presents great Jewish A Cappella, the latest news from Israel and Morning chizuk with Rabbi Dovid Goldwasser.
Craig Resmovits of Six13 joins us for an inside look at the world of Jewish a cappella - including, of course, viral Chanukah parody videos. Six13 can be found wherever you get your music, as well as at: https://www.six13.com/ https://www.facebook.com/Six13Sings/ https://www.instagram.com/six13sings/ https://twitter.com/six13sings/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCekGB6Wu_kiDx81RerAiqdQ This year's Chanukah video - "West Side Chanukah Story" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiskf_lZXv8
My next guest is a fellow New Yorker and one of the massively talented fresh faces bursting onto the Jewish Songwriter scene. Jacob "Spike" Kraus and I talk about his journey in the new music industry and his poppy new tune "You Will Find Me." As always, you can listen to all of the compositions from this season on the Jewish Songwriter Playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Jacob “Spike” Kraus is a singer/songwriter, educator & innovator from Boston, Ma. He has released two studio albums of original Jewish music: “Shake Off The Dust” (2014) & “Cornerstones” (2017). Twenty-seven years old and based out of New York, NY, Jacob serves as the Music Teacher for Beit Rabban Day School. He has been song leading for over a decade at synagogues, day schools, and summer camps, serving as Head Songleader at both the URJ Eisner Camp and the URJ Kutz Camp for several summers. He graduated from Muhlenberg College in the spring of 2013 with a degree in Music Performance. His music has been included in the cantorial curriculum of Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion, and is featured by Jewish Rock Radio & PJ Library. A member of the Jewish A Cappella group Six13, JSK believes in music’s power as a community-builder. He tours the country singing with multi-generational communities and using Jewish music as a tool to educate and engage the next generation of Jews. Find out more about Jacob and his music at www.jacobspikekraus.com. Spike's YouTube Page Spike's Spotify Spike's Facebook Spike's Website This week's episode was brought to you by Bandzoogle which makes it easy to build a stunning website for your music in minutes. Click here to try it free for 30 days and get 15% off the first year of your subscription.
A Cappella is on our minds this week because we're focused on a portion of the Jewish calendar called Sefira, during which Jews try not to listen to live music with instruments. Here to talk about A Cappella is Mordy Weinstein, a member of the popular Jewish A Cappella group, Six13. He joins us today via Skype, please excuse any blips or drops in audio due to connectivity issues (it doesn't happen much). Feedback: https://goo.gl/forms/qqH5WMOSKIFBeClA2 Table of Contents: 00:00 Intro 00:50 This week's guest - Mordy Weinstein, A Cappella Singer in Six13 01:40 What is Sefira? And how does it affect Jewish A Cappella? 03:43 Icebreaker - Favorite teenage guilty pleasure song you still rock out too? 05:00 What Makes You Happy? 06:45 Why is A Cappella still popular? 11:00 Is A Cappella as a hobby for adults dead? 15:00 What makes an A Cappella arrangement great? 18:45 Why do A Cappella groups do so many covers rather than original music? 20:45 Do you have a pet project you're working on right now? 23:25 Which of the stereotypes about A Cappella singers ring true? 24:30 Finding community in a singing group. 30:45 Lightning Round Questions 30:50 - Worst choreographed dance move in which you partook? 32:00 - Which A Cappella song you wish people would give up on? 32:45 - Is there an A Cappella song that needs a comeback? 37:50 - Beatboxers. Love them or hate them? Plug: Find Mordy's contact info below to get in touch with him and with Six13. 42:25 Happiness Fact (1) 44:35 Inspirational Quote (2) 46:10 Closing Thoughts Sources: It is known that singing releases endorphins in the brain, which is why it feels so good. What is less widely known is that choral singing is even more effective. Choral singers for example, rated higher life satisfaction than the general public, even when they’re personal problems were worse than the general publics’ (https://www.smh.com.au/national/choral-singing-makes-you-happy-survey-20080710-3cyg.html) “The only thing better than singing is more singing.” -Ella Fitzgerald For more What Makes You Happy?, read our blog, www.ClevelandCreativeOutlet.com/wmyh What Makes You Happy? is a project by Cleveland Creative Outlet, a video production company. You can learn more and see their work at www.ClevelandCreativeOutlet.com. You can reach out to them on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/ClevelandCreativeOutlet Guest: Mordy Weinstein [Ph. 1(800) BOOK-613, Em. info@six13.com, URL www.six13.com] Hosted By: Dovid E.Z. Stern [Ph. (216) 526-6641, Em. dovid@clevelandcreativeoutlet.com, URL www.clevelandcreativeoutlet.com] Feedback: https://goo.gl/forms/qqH5WMOSKIFBeClA2 [L to R] Dovid E. Z. Stern and Mordy Weinstein, who is a member of Six13, a popular Jewish A Cappella group.
Featuring: A great mix of Jewish A Cappella, news from Israel and Morning Chizuk with Rabbi Dovid Goldwasser.
Featuring: A Summer update from Josh Mehlman of TravelCell and a preview of an upcoming Project Witness event with Ruth Lichtenstein. Plus, Nachum presents great Jewish A Cappella, news from Israel and Morning Chizuk with Rabbi Dovid Goldwasser.
Shalom! It’s a Jewish A Cappella special episode. Six songs from some very talented menschen. Also names full of puns and references. Six13 (there are 613 commandments in the Torah), Shabbatones (from Shabbaton), Shircago (Shir means song), Kaskeset (‘Fish Scales’, a Kosher/Music joke), and Manginah (“Melody”). Six13 – Son UPenn Shabbatones – Ani Shelach (Neshama […]