Led by Jewish musician Rick Recht, he told the Journal over Zoom that JKids Radio should be a resource for Jewish organizations, parents and teachers to utilize so Jewish music can be an introduction into Jewish life. The new online radio station streams contemporary Jewish music via its website and mobile app and is accessible around the world. Studies have shown that children who grow up with Uncle Moishie do not grow up any happier, smarter or in any other way better than children who grow up Uncle Moishie-free.īesides, the man gets on your nerves.JKids Radio, formerly known as, PJ Library Radio, has recently relaunched to become a musical kid-centric hub for Jewish music, education and inspiration 24 hours a day seven days a week. No, DON’T “ sacrifice” your sanity and teeth. (Often I prefer the Hebrew lyrics even when the original is English and Ivrit is the translation. You can get as sentimental and goofy as you like in Ivrit and it sounds fine and sincere, but the minute you try to say it English it’s stomach-turning. They just sound false and affected to me. I’n general I’m not fond of ANY religious lyrics in English, whether written for children or adults.
I like Raffy and Boz Scruggs because they sing in normal voices and don’t put on that cloying high-pitched condescending-to-little-people voice. And the phony voices! Yeccch! (This is true of both religious and secular performers. I’m with you, big sis 44: I find contemporary Jewish children’s music nauseating. Not having English-language religious songs supposedly tailored to our age group didn’t cripple us in any way. We all learned regular music for general audiences even if we didn’t know the meaning of every word. Not as in I actively control their lives, but I make myself miserable and guilty for not being in total control of an outcome.įri, Jan 01 2021, 11:04 pm There wasn’t a whole lot of Jewish music specifically for children (other than secular Israeli children’s songs like “Ginah li” and “oogah oogah oogah” and the occasional “ I have a little dreidel” ) when I was a kid. Ya know what, this is me being a “if I do everything perfectly, I can give my kids a perfect life” control freak again. So I worry about that little window of time until they’re 3-4 where mayyyybe mayyybe I can have the greatest amount of influence on them? Much of it was in Hebrew (I went to a Hebrew-immersion school until 2nd grade), rather than American frum Jewish kids songs, and I can still sing many of those songs from memory, as well as mnemonic songs for things like who wrote which books of Tanach, Yaakov’s brachos to his sons, etc.Īnd for my older kids, that is totally not their personality and they hate that kind of stuff at school. To be honest, I didn’t grow up with Uncle Moishy in my house, but I very enthusiastically learned and sang EVERYTHING I learned in school. Last edited by bigsis144 on Fri, Jan 01 2021, 9:16 pm edited 1 time in totalĭo you wish they were singing those songs? Do you wish they could be perfectly sheltered? Do you think they would be better off with Jewish songs? And obviously you’re not willing to make the sacrifice, so lie in the grave you’ve dug and answer to HaShem after 120.” So I’m gonna get two kinds of responses: “you’re fine, honey, your kids are gonna be fine” and “well, if it actually means something to you, yeah, you gotta sacrifice, even if it hurts. My two year old adorably sings “Dog Day”, but maybe she could have been singing “I Love My Siddur” if not for me? I know there are different approaches to sheltering kids and non-Jewish media, and I guess I feel like it’s my fault my kids will never have that sweetness because of their mother.
And I wish my kids would have that temimusdike sweet enthusiasm.īut I tried playing that kind of stuff for my toddler and couldn’t last more than 5 minutes before I started taking psychic damage and had to shut it off.Īnd I really didn’t think I was one of those crotchety “hates kids stuff” adults - I genuinely enjoy Sesame Street, Story Pirates, My Little Pony, etc. I see videos of my adorable nieces and nephews singing Uncle Moishy-style Jewish children’s songs, and I find it so heartwarming and adorable to see young kids sing about Torah and Mitzvos.
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