CONVERSATION STARTERS:
What is your favorite holiday?
What is your favorite holiday tradition?
What is your favorite holiday food?
lyrics
"THE HOLIDAY SONG" (by Jay Rapoport)
They tried to get us, we won (we won), let's eat! (let’s eat)
They tried to get us, we won, let's eat!
A little sorrow goes down easier with a big chunk of meat
They tried to get us, we won, let's eat!
A few times a year we get together for a great big meal
Grandparents and cousins join us for a brisket or some veal
This is how we celebrate that we can't be beat
But it seems like all these holidays are just an excuse to eat
They tried to get us, we won, let's eat!
They tried to get us, we won, let's eat!
When will they figure out we are too stubborn to admit defeat?
They tried to get us, we won, let's eat!
There was that time the Pharaoh didn't really want to set us free
Or the other time when King Antiochus fought Judah Maccabee
Or that other other time when Haman came up with an evil plot
But every time we triumphed and those guys deserved what they got(Don't mess with us!)
They tried to get us, we won, let's eat!
They tried to get us, we won, let's eat!
When you're chomping hamantaschen or a latke victory is sweet
They tried to get us, we won, let's eat!
Now when you look back at all we been thru
Don't it make you think
That we should have a feast including everything in the house
Except the kitchen sink
They tried to get us, we won, let's eat!
They tried to get us, we won, let's eat!
My momma's matzoh balls are such a tasty treat
They tried to get us, we won, let's eat!
Lead vocals: Jay Rapoport
Drums & percussion: Steve Purcell
Backing vocals (in order of appearance): Ben Ellerin, Vladimir Lapin, Jay Isaac O'Brien, Daniel Reiser, Joshua Finkel, Toby Singer, Naomi Less, Shanna Zell
Handclaps: Jay Rapoport, Toby Singer & Steve Purcell
Snaps: Jay Rapoport & Toby Singer
Tenor Sax & Clarinet: Mark Dover
Trombone: Jimmy O'Connell
Trumpet: Evan Honse
Tuba: Chanell Crichlow
Produced, arranged & recorded by Toby Singer
Drums recorded by Drew Guido at Let 'Em In Studios in Brooklyn, NYC
Mixed by Toby Singer at Atlas Hugged in Brooklyn, NYC
Mastered by Jonathan Jetter at Right Angle Recording in Manhattan, NYC
Jay Rapoport, RJE takes Jewish values and texts and transforms them into “Ruach Rock”, a catchy piano-pounding style
influenced by Ben Folds and Billy Joel. Jay has appeared on the Disney Holiday Singalong and received a Covenant Foundation grant to compose the theme song for the Jewish Education Center of Cleveland’s “La-bri’ut” curriculum. Jay is Director of URJ 6 Points Creative Arts Academy....more
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