The project · In development

What does it mean
to be Jewish today?

A Quest Through Song.

Jewish songs carry what a people knows about itself. I want the next generation to meet that inheritance in English, through songs they can watch, understand and sing.

Listen to Dreidel Hear the existing recordings

The repeatable format

Not just an upload. A song with a world around it

A new English recording

New words or a newly produced version grown from the catalog. Clear source and contributor credits.

A visual song story

An illustrated or animated world, synchronized with the music and sing-along words on screen.

A place to go deeper

A permanent page with the song's source, meaning and words, plus educational or song-leading material.

A public life

YouTube releases and vertical Shorts, followed by listening, feedback and improvements with families and educators.

Three connected chapters

Joy. Memory. The thread between them

Children & holidays

Where a living tradition begins

Dreidel, Hanukkah, Purim, Passover and songs of courage and belonging. English words children and families can make their own.

Explore the family songs

Remembrance

Where memory must not be lost

Yisrolik, Children on the Train and other songs of Holocaust history and remembrance. Sources, careful attribution and age guidance matter as much as the recording.

Explore songs & remembrance

Heritage

The song that joins the chapters

In Oyfn Pripetshik, children learn their letters by the stove. A classroom song becomes a way to think about inheritance, childhood and everything that followed.

Earlier Russian recording & source

The proposed year

Eight is the commitment.
Twelve is the working plan

I plan to write, produce and release at least eight new digital song stories over the proposed 2026 to 2027 production year, with twelve as the working target. Existing recordings are references and foundations, not substitutes for that new work.

The slate is preliminary. Better ideas, mentor feedback and what works with listeners should help shape the final songs and format.

Build the first storiesDevelop the English recordings, visual storytelling and production process.

Release, listen, improveFollow the Jewish calendar where appropriate; road-test with educators and ensembles.

Lay the songbook foundationCollect the songs, stories and learning materials in one lasting home.

The lasting home

The series is how the songbook is built

JewishSong.org already holds song histories, words, translations and listener memories. The next step is a collaborative songbook: a place for the new videos, song-leading material, sheet music and, over time, other voices and versions.

This is a direction for growth, not a claim that the full collaborative platform or contributor team is already complete.

Explore the existing encyclopedia

How I make the work

Human direction.
Tools that help the song

I write, select, adapt and produce. The next stage is to develop visual stories around the English recordings, using illustration, animation, editing and music synchronization under my direction. This visual format is in development, not presented here as a completed series.

What I want to learn

How to tell a stronger story in a small screen. How to work better with educators and young voices. How to turn individual releases into a series people return to.

I welcome collaborators where they add something real. Participation by a choir, educator or organization will be named only when confirmed.

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