Songs

If you’ve been following Jewish Song of the Week for a while, you’ve heard me mention JRR’s Jewish Star leadership initiative. Jewish Star identifies talented and passionate teens and young adults ages 14-27 and provides them with mentorship, skills-training, networking and more. Claudia Sachs and Marc Luban are two INSANELY bright and talented Jewish Stars […]

It’s a 2-for-1 summer Shabbat special this week! It’s always hard to know when to pick a Shabbat song for Song of the Week since we’re blessed to have Shabbat EVERY week. This is a rockin’ contemporary mash-up of “There’s a Dinosaur” and “Bim Bam” from New York kindie rockers Shira & Friends. The summer […]

We’ve been in a period in the Jewish calendar called “The Three Weeks,” in which we turn our attention to the many tragedies that we’ve faced historically as a Jewish people. This culminates in the observance of Tisha B’Av this week, and the commemoration of the destruction of the first and second Temples. Many observant […]

I don’t know about y’all, but summer is my absolute favorite time of year. Summer camp, summer vacation, camping, barbecues —SO many good times and sweet memories. The song, “Fireflies,” by my friend Ben Gundersheimer a.k.a. Mister G totally captures that nostalgic, magical summer feeling. Wishing you many special summer moments with your family! -Rick […]

We’re now ‘officially’ in summer! There are SO many great Jewish songs that remind me of summer — the list of Jewish summer camp classics is ENDLESS! But for this week’s song, I’m going with a niggun, or wordless melody, from my pal, Mikey Pauker. You’ll want to ride the smooth reggae waves of “Summer […]

June is Pride Month, which is an extra special opportunity to let the people WE love who identify as LGBTQIA+ know that we love them no matter who THEY love. I especially LOVE this Jason Mesches song for young families because it not only teaches children to embrace all people and all family compositions, but […]

This is a big time of year for family time, and also major milestones. We’re in graduation season, a reminder that some of the kids in our lives are… not kids anymore! In fact, my youngest son, Tal, recently graduated high school and is off to Indiana University this fall! All this to say, JRR […]

Jerusalem is a SPECIAL place. There’s nothing like walking through the Old City, visiting the shuk, and watching the entire city come to a halt on Shabbat. To me, this represents the HOPE of peace and unity between people of different beliefs and backgrounds. Jerusalem Day is this week, and so it’s the perfect time […]

Farmers market season is upon us! I personally can’t get enough berries and fresh veggies! My friend Shira Kline a.k.a. Shir La La wrote this fun song called “Farmers Market” for kids and their families, all about the amazing diversity of locally sourced foods you can find at your nearest farmers market. I’ll see you […]

This week we observe Yom HaShoah and commemorate the unimaginable amount of lives lost during the Holocaust. The Hannah Senesh poem “Eili, Eili” is a powerful reminder that life goes on, and this timeless setting of these words by David Zehavi (covered here by Rabbi Noah Diamondstein) has become such a staple in Jewish music […]