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“Spin the dreidle, have some gelt, get crazy like your in the Borscht Belt. Stuff your face with grease and oil cause a schmendrick king was foiled. Recite the blessing with me, while you clog an artery, don’t trip about the cholesterol, the yidden was set free” ! (Lyrics from ” Hanukkah Hayom” by Shul J”
Shalom, my name is Jonathan Shulman AKA “Shul J”. For over a decade I have developed a body of work in a style I’ll call ” Judaic Hip Hop”, with a focus on Holidays of the Jewish faith. I need your help to make this vision a reality. We need to raise $2,500 to produce a Holiday music video for my song “ Hanukkah HaYom.” The video will address basic and longstanding, questions, such as;
1. What is the significance of Hanukkah?
2. What customs surround the holiday and why?
I truly believe in supporting the video, you’ll be supporting awareness of the Holiday and together, we’ll bring the miracle of the menorah to the masses. My goal is to educate and enlighten through music, humor , and culture. While conducting interactive music programs within various elder communities, I have Connected with people from a similar background as my grandmother’s Ashkenazi eastern European roots. This influence is prevalent throughout my material in the form of humor, style and the use of Yiddish, in essence, helping preserve the and language and culture. For me the Ashkenazi influence is also a throwback to the “Borscht belt”, the once thriving resort in the Catskills where comedians like Jackie Mason, Fyvus Finkle and Sid Caesar reigned.These comedians rather than simply being self-deprecating, also contained a dialectical element of self-praise. They were cross cultural,bridging religious faiths.Every year a handful of Hanukah themed videos go viral on” YouTube”, most of which are parodies, (meaning they put their own lyrics over a hit song). Though the ones I’ve seen I find unmemorable and unfunny, just the fact that they exist allowed them to go viral. My material’s original with edgy humor and substance and musical influences from Ashkenazi, Yemenite and Sephardic culture’s and like my grandmother used to say. ”a little culture never hurt anyone, and if we all embraced each others celebrations and faiths, the world would be a better place”
In supporting this important project you’ll be doing a “mitzvah”, (a good deed), and promise upon the video’s release you will be filled with “nachas”, (a warm feeling and pride)..
This is Shul J signin out
Thank You, Toda. Nshalla, Peace and Shalom.