Of all the jewish holidays, Pesach is the one most commonly observed, even by otherwise non-observant Jews. According to the 1990 National Jewish Population Survey (NJPS), more than 80% of Jews have attended a Pesach seder.
Pesach begins on the 15th day of the Jewish month of Nissan. It is the first of the three major festivals with both historical and agricultural significance (the other two are Shavu’ot and Sukkot). Agriculturally, it represents the beginning of the harvest season in Israel, but little attention is paid to this aspect of the holiday. The primary observances of Pesach are related to the Exodus from Egypt after generations of slavery. This story is told in Exodus, Ch. 1-15. Many of the Pesach observances are instituted in Chs. 12-15.
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Intent on shaking up the ultimate “sacred cow” for Jews, Israeli director Yoav Shamir embarks on a provocative – and at times irreverent – quest to answer the question, “What is anti-Semitism today?” Does it remain a dangerous and immediate threat? Or is it a scare tactic used by right-wing Zionists to discredit their critics? Speaking with an array of people from across the political spectrum (including the head of the Anti-Defamation League and its fiercest critic, author Norman Finkelstein) and traveling to places like Auschwitz (alongside Israeli school kids) and Brooklyn (to explore reports of violence against Jews), Shamir discovers the realities of anti-Semitism today. His findings are shocking, enlightening and – surprisingly – often wryly funny.
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Six13’s new album SIX13 VOL. 4: ZMANIM now available!
Order it from Sameach Music: http://bit.ly/ibSz4j
Download it on iTunes: http://bit.ly/gLk6Y6
We’re really excited about the new CD, and we think it’s by far our best yet. This one’s a bit of a departure from the formula of our first three. We’ve got some new original material we hope you’re going to love, but this time we also recorded quite a few more cover tunes — some of our favorite songs by other artists that we love to sing on Shabbat gigs — in the form of four epic medleys. Then, we invited some of our jewish music celebrity friends to sing with us. Zmanim features guest appearances on lead vocals from 8th Day, Yitzy Spinner, Aryeh Kunstler, Pey Dalid and Jewish Star junior finalist Shmuly Brafman. And of course, we’re up to our old hijinks again with a new parody, and we had a blast filming the video for it. We’re very excited for that premiere. Zmanim is without a doubt our most ambitious project to date, and we can’t wait for you to hear it!
Professional Jewish a cappella group Six13 are the originators of today’s Jewish a cappella sound. They’ve performed to rave reviews for millions of people — at synagogues, religious schools, major sports events, JCCs, fundraising events, B’nai Mitzvah and private affairs alike. They’ve received numerous awards for their four best-selling CDs. To find out more about how to bring Six13 to your community for an event that’s truly unforgettable, visit us at www.six13.com.
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Congressman Allen West interviewed on Shalom Show on TV by Producer Host Richard Peritz, discussing America-Israel relations, Jerusalem. local and international challenges and the hope for security and peace.
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Visit Six13 at www.six13.com!
Six13 proudly presents our Pesach-fied mashup of Usher’s “DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love” and Ke$ha’s “We R Who We R”.
You can buy this song on iTunes! http://bit.ly/gLk6Y6
Special thanks to the Lehrman family, Ariel Roubinov and our talented guest stars: Daniella Axelrud, Shira Boxer, Reuit Cohn, Yafit Cohn, Chana Diamond, Harold Lerner, Dan Operman, Lauren Rabinowitz, Josh Siegel, Dan Singer, Fraidi Zweig, Frumi Zweig, Yossi Zweig and the dancers of Tzamarot!
Professional Jewish a cappella group Six13 are the originators of today’s Jewish a cappella sound. They’ve performed to rave reviews for millions of people — at synagogues, religious schools, major sports events, JCCs, fundraising events, B’nai Mitzvah and private affairs alike. They’ve received numerous awards for their three best-selling CDs (album #4, Zmanim, arrives in stores this week). To find out more about how to bring Six13 to your community for an event that’s truly unforgettable, visit us at www.six13.com.
Complete lyrics available here: www.six13.com/passover
New album SIX13 VOL. 4: ZMANIM now available!
Order it from Sameach Music: http://bit.ly/ibSz4j
Download it on iTunes: http://bit.ly/gLk6Y6
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Fueled by a strong, Jewish identity and anchored by thumping beatbox, intricate arrangements, and soulful harmonies, Six13 is a six-man vocal band that brings an unprecedented style of Jewish music to the stage. With songs ranging from hip-hop dance tracks to rock anthems, the members of the New York-based group sound like a full band — while using nothing but their voices.
Six13, widely regarded as the originators of today’s Jewish a cappella style, have recorded four award-winning albums, whose songs have been played all over Jewish radio and been chosen to appear on nine different “best of” compilation albums. The group has over 20,000 CDs in circulation, and are among the top jewish music artists on iTunes. They have received several distinctions and accolades from Jewish organizations like the National Council of Young Israel and Moment Magazine, and awards from musical organizations like the Harmony Sweepstakes and the Contemporary A Cappella Society of America. They have appeared on the Chabad Telethon, and were chosen from hundreds of groups, both Jewish and secular, as finalists in the casting process for NBC’s hit prime-time television series The Sing-Off. The group has also become a viral internet sensation, with over 500,000 views on YouTube.
Six13 tours worldwide to rave reviews and standing ovations. Recent highlights include the Salute to Israel Parade, the North American Jewish Choral Festival, and six appearances at Jewish Heritage Days for major league sports teams, including Shea Stadium, Citi Field and Madison Square Garden in New York, and Dolphin Stadium in Florida. Each year, the group visits dozens of Jewish communities, providing entertainment appropriate for Shabbat or any other day of the week at congregations, religious schools, JCCs, fundraising events, B’nai Mitzvah and private affairs alike.
Visit www.six13.com or call (888) BOOK-613 for more information and to find out how Six13 can make your concert, celebration or event unforgettable.
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Shalom Chaverim is a traditional Hebrew chant that means “go now in peace.”
Shalom, chaverim,
Shalom, chaverim,
Shalom! Shalom!
L’hitraot, l’hitraot,
Shalom, shalom.
English:
Peace friend,
’till we meet again!
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Work won’t set you free? Then dance, uhh!!! Jewish community are outraged after a Melbourne family filmed themselves dancing to the pop song ‘I will Survive’ while on a trip to Auschwitz. The YouTube clip is the work of a Melbourne artist who claims her work is a celebration of life.
Jane Korman filmed three generations of her family, including her father, a holocaust survivor, dancing and singing outside the Nazi death camp….. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUvo5OHH6o8 (Parts 1 -3)
As many as 1.1 million people were murdered there by the Nazis in World War II. The video also shows the family dancing at a Polish synagogue, the German concentration camp at Dachau, the Czech concentration camp at Theresienstadt and at a Polish memorial to the victims of the Nazi ghetto.
The video ends with Korman’s emotional 89-year-old father Adolk describing his return to Poland with his three grandchildren as “a really historic moment” http://www.news.com.au/national/outrage-over-melbourne-artist-jane-kormans-i-will-survive-dance-at-polish-death-camp/story-e6frfkvr-1225891392172
jewish artist defends YouTube video ‘Dancing Auschwitz’
Jewish Australian artist Jane Korman created video installation of her family dancing in front of Holocaust landmarks to show different point of view.
The clip depicted the Korman family dancing in front of Holocaust land marks in Poland, including infamous entrance sign to Auschwitz death camp reading “Arbeit Macht Frei,” a Polish synagogue, Dachau, Theresienstadt, and a memorial in Lodz.
Her father at one point in the clip even wore a shirt on which the word “Survivor” was written….. http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/jewish-artist-defends-youtube-video-dancing-auschwitz-1.301096
Storm as Australian artist Jane Korman dances at Nazi death camp – “I wanted to make artwork that creates a fresh interpretation of historical memory,” Ms Korman said. “He [her father] is saying ‘we’re dancing, we should be dancing, we’re celebrating our survival and the generations after me. We are affirming our existence’.”
But the video – which was also displayed in an Australian art gallery – has been met with anger by some Holocaust survivors and has been picked up and exploited by neo-Nazi websites.
“I don’t see how this video is a mark of respect for the millions who didn’t survive, nor for those who did,” Kamil Cwiok, 86, told The Daily Mail. “It seems to trivialise the horrors that were committed there.”
NSW Jewish Board of Deputies CEO Vic Alhadeff said there was a time and place to celebrate survival.
“As human beings, we have a right to celebrate survival, but there is a time and place to do so,” he said.
“There is an infinite number of ways to do that, but we need to consider the sensibilities of those for whom places such as Auschwitz will always hold terrible pain and indelible memories . . Auschwitz is one of the world’s largest cemeteries…” http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/storm-as-australian-artist-jane-korman-dances-at-nazi-death-camp/story-e6freuy9-1225891333081
http://www.stormfront.org/forum/t725116/
A YouTube video showing a Holocaust survivor and members of his family dancing to “I Will Survive” at concentration camps and Nazi-related sites in Europe is sparking international outrage….. http://www.torontosun.com/news/world/2010/07/13/14697401.html
The video is available on YouTube, and formed part of a series of three videos and a photographic exhibition shown at Monash University’s Runt Gallery last year titled Dancing Auschwitz….. http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/7928701/auschwitz-dance-video-causes-outrage
Work won’t set you free. Perhaps Dancing? http://thejewishstar.wordpress.com/2010/07/09/work-won%E2%80%99t-set-you-free-perhaps%C2%A0dancing/
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Thanks to user ronishran and shaharit ensemble for the video.
Thanks to “Invitation to Piyut” Website (Hebrew) for the Detailed Information http://www.piyut.org.il/
The poem “Ya ribbon alam” (God lord of the world) Written by Rabbi Israel ben moshe Najara, one of the most important Jewish poets since the 16th century .
Rabi Najara (1550-1628)Lived In Safed (North Israel) in 1550, he also lived in Damascus and eventually moved to Gaza (South Israel), where he used as the Gaza jewish community rabi. He is buried in the ancient Jewish cemetery in Gaza. His son, Moses Najara was also a poet, who succeeded his father as the chief rabbi of Gaza.
Although the poet is Aramaic, this song gained widespread popularity
Throughout the jewish world.
After relating the wonders of god creation, the poet concludes with a prayer that God may redeem his people and lead them to his chosen sanctuary in Jerusalem, where the souls will rejoice with songs and meditations.
transcript:
YA RIBON ALAM V’ALMAYA ANT HU MALKA MELECH MALCHAYA OVAD GEVURTECH VE’TIMHAYA SH’FAR KADAMACH L’HACHVAY
SHEVACHIN ASADER TSAFRA V’RAMSHA LACH ELAHA KADISHA DI BRA KOL NAFSHA IRIN KADISHIN UBNEI ENASHA CHEIVAT B’RA V’OFEY SHMAYA
RAVRIVIN OV’DEICH VE’TAKIFIN MACHICH RAMAYA V’ZAKIF KIFIFIN LU YICHYEH GEVAR SHENIN ALFIN LO YEY’OL GEVORTECH BECHUSHBENAYA
ELAHA DI LEY YEKAR UREVUTA, PEROK YAT ANACH MIPUM ARYAVATA VE’APEK YAT AMEICH MIGO GALUTA AMEICH DI BECHART MIKOL UMAYA
LEMIKDASHECH TUV ULKODESH KUDSHIN ATAR DI BEY YECHDUN RUCHIN VENAFSHIN VI’YEZAMRUN LACH SHIRIN VERACHSHIN’ BIYERUSHELEIM KARTA DESHUFRAYA.
الأردن سوريا العراق لبنان تونس الجزائر السودان ليبيا مصر المغرب موريتانيا الإمارات العربية المتحدة البحرين السعودية عُمان قطر الكويت اليمن
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Continuing with the refutation of VFX
Marriage in Judaism:
http://www.jewfaq.org/marriage.htm
The Holidays:
http://www.jewfaq.org/holiday2.htm
http://www.jewfaq.org/holiday3.htm
http://www.jewfaq.org/holiday4.htm
My videos against VFX on the topic of the Jewish Messiah:
http://ozzycda.blogspot.com/2008/10/blog-post_31.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVf7Xd6HQ2w
http://ozzycda.blogspot.com/2008/10/blog-post_716.html
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