Wherever you go there's always someone Jewish
Wherever you go there's always someone Jewish
You're never alone when you say you're a Jew
So when you're not home
And you're somewhere kind of 'newish'
The odds are--don't look far--
'Cause they're Jewish, too.
Some Jews live in tents and some live in pagodas
And some Jews pay rent 'cause the city's not free
Some Jews live on farms in the hills of Minnesota
And some Jews wear no shoes and sleep by the sea.
Amsterdam, Disneyland, Tel-Aviv---
Oh, they're miles apart
But when we light the candles on Sabbath eve
We share in the prayer in each one of our hearts
And some Jews wear hats
And some Jews wear sombreros
And some wear k'fiahs to keep out the sun
Some Jews live on rice, and some live on potatoes
Or waffles, felafels, or hamburger buns.
Amsterdam, Disneyland, Tel-Aviv---
Oh, they're miles apart
But when we light the candles on Sabbath eve
We share in the prayer in each one of our hearts.
Wherever you go there's always someone Jewish
You're never alone when you say you're a Jew
So when you're not home
And you're somewhere kind of 'newish'
The odds are--don't look far--
'Cause they're Jewish, too.
The odds are--don't look far---
They're Jews just like you.
not to be beaten by the following brilliant work:
HaMotzi LeHem Min HaAretz, we give thanks to God for bread. Our voices join in song together as our daily prayer is said: Baruh Ata Adonai Elokainu Melech Haolam, HaMotzi Lehem Min HaAretz, Amen!
you need to hear it sung to appreciate the beauty of it...
1. 'A visitor' posted on the Wed 29 Jun 2005, 10:39 pm
ReplyDeleteI went to a JCC camp as well as worked at a JCC camp. However, I only know this song because my mom teaches Hebrew school and sang it to me. Oh, and the latter work as well.
2. 'Dani Weiss' posted on the Thu 30 Jun 2005, 11:57 am
ReplyDeletesee, it helps when half the kids at JCC camp aren't Jewish, but don't know it. one of my kids, louis, asked me once if i was half or whole jewish. i told him whole. he was 6 at the time, btw. so then he told me that he's half - his mom's name is christine... the kicker was that his hebrew name is aryeh leib. do you get more old school than that?
after singing the hamotzi song they'd all run in and sit down to eat. the 5 frum kids would go wash in the corner. of the 14 kids i had, they made sure that i also had the one frum kid in our age group. poor kid was so embarrassed...
3. 'A visitor' posted on the Thu 30 Jun 2005, 1:04 pm
ReplyDeleteYeah, one of the schools that my mom teaches at now is a day school run out of the synagogue where about half of the kids are Jewish. One of the other kids came in one day with a yarmulka that my mom thought was very nice. When she mentioned it to him, he said, "Thanks. I got it for Easter." Seriously. She always has some amusing story. Being a teacher makes for great stories.