5/9/2023 0 Comments Jewish song bar mitzvah“ Barcheni” is dedicated to Bar Mitzvah boys to whom they perform nightly, the song was specially written for the groups soloist Eliyahu Pinchasi and Moshe Moyal, the son of Mendy Moyal from Geneva who is very close to the group and has just celebrated his Bar Mitzvah As of 2020, every living survivor of the Holocaust is at least 75 years old over half will be at least 85.The children’s group Kinderlach just released a new single dedicated to Bar Mitzvah Boys titled “ Barcheni.” The song was written, composed and produced by one of the groups alumni, singer and song writer Yonatan Shainfeld who is now returning to the big stage. Today, we find ourselves at yet another pivotal moment in history. Did will.i.am have a profound understanding of this, so deeply connected to our experience that he was moved to write a song of celebration in the language of the Jews? ![]() What a feeling, to sing along, to see the fruits of your dreams of survival, together, celebrating in the same room. What a feeling then to see your grandchild or great-grandchild alive, dancing joyfully at a bar mitzvah. Perhaps on that day you recognize that to be a Jew and to be alive is in itself a challenge that not all succeed at. Perhaps you realize that when you’re Jewish and there are great-grandparents in the room, there has also been great trauma, one we don’t openly speak about. Was will.i.am speaking cross-generationally to a room of descendants of immigrants in off-the-shoulder sequined gowns?Īs you get older and move from the kids table to the marrieds table to the married-with-kids table, perhaps you gain some life experience, perspective and knowledge of history. DO IT - with your family, on the dance floor, right the f- now. Anyone at any age, life stage, with any grasp of the English language can clearly understand what is expected of them. In fact, the message of this song is so simple and so clear that the bridge is a literal repeat of the phrase “let’s do it” 24 times in a row. The true magic, however, of “I Gotta Feeling,” is the way it starts: a stripped-down beat followed by the powerful hook, “I gotta feeling that tonight’s gonna be a good night, that tonight’s gonna be a good night, that tonight’s gonna be a good good night.” Not since “Start Me Up” has there been an opening line so direct. How Neil Diamond’s most personal song chronicled his journey out of Brooklyn.Yet at bar mitzvahs from Tenafly to Tel Aviv, “I Gotta Feeling” is the cheeseball hit that continues to bring the house down. It’s been 13 years since newer artists have brought newer hits. ![]() The Grammy Award-winner for Pop Performance of the Year and the longest running single of 2009 has been featured in countless commercials, and, as of 2019, holds the record for the most downloaded song in iTunes history at 9 million. An uptempo dance song produced by David Guetta, the anthem was revered almost from the moment it was released. In 2009, at the height of Black Eyed Peas’ Fergie era, “I Gotta Feeling” was the song of the new century. How did a song written by a West Coast hip-hop group, a Catholic pop star and a French DJ become a Jewish anthem second only to the hora? You can find the whole list and accompanying essays here. Inspired in part by all the Jewish artists on Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 Greatest Songs, the Forward decided it was time to rank the best Jewish pop songs of all time.
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