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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.

Hexagon Dreidle(top) Jerusalem Dreidle(bottom)

Tree of life Candles

Tree of Life Kiddush Cup&Candles

Menorah Train

Traveling Menorah(converts from Dreidle into Contemporary Menorah).

Hamza Hand Painting

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