More Great Music from Yitzchak HaLevi

How To Make Your Wife Happy....

Buy her a bread machine! I know it may sounds strange but trust me and you"ll thank me later.You can make the most awesome challos and pizza dough with very little effort as well as many other pastry and dough related items. I have done my research and there is no reason to skimp on something that you will get use out of for many years to come. Spend a bit more and you'll agree it's worth it.The best bread machine on the market without question is the Zojirushi and at $179 it's a steal. 

Bizarre Story of The Day: Mom Sues For Custody As Father Does Not Keep Kosher

This is one strange story that keep getting more bizarre as your read it. The story begins with an exotic dancer who marries her club's manager. They marry and 15 years later divorce. She remarries and becomes hassidic.The 8 yr old child they had together is now in the middle of a terrible custody battle and the mother issuing saying the father is not keeping a kosher home which is violating his religious upbringing:

“The question here is who is the better decision-maker,” the father’s attorney, Joel Brodsky, said in his brief opening statements before Cook County Circuit Court Judge John Thomas Carr Wednesday. Brodsky said before the hearing that he intends to bring up Margolina’s days as an exotic dancer — and her subsequent conversion to devout Judaism — to show the court that she “tends toward extremes.” But Rush University child psychiatrist Louis J. Kraus, who was called by Margolina’s attorney, David Grund, testified that the mother should get custody.

Kraus had recommended a joint parenting agreement back in 2007. Back then, he testified, the parents had agreed that the boy would be raised Jewish. But after a recent evaluation of the boy and discussions with the warring parents, it was clear mom and dad had different expectations about what it meant to raise a Jewish child, Kraus said. Derbigny, a Roman Catholic who attends Mass on Christmas and Thanksgiving, did not believe he was required to keep a kosher household — especially since they hadn’t done that or even observed the Jewish Sabbath when the family was together. But Kraus said in his talks with Derbigny, the father seemed to be making a point of serving the boy bacon and other non-kosher foods. Kraus said he was concerned the parents’ stalemate was causing the boy anxiety and other behavioral problems.

“I’m recommending Ms. Margolina have sole custody ... because of the high level of conflict,” Kraus said.

Brodsky said he plans to call a doctor later in what is expected to be a week-long trial that will recommend Derbigny get sole custody.

J Weekly: Shlock Rock

J Weekly has a nice article about Shlock Rock and Lenny Solomon on their recent Shabbos album:A Shabbat in Liverpool. It was interesting to note that the album was recorded in 2005 but it took five years to obtain the proper licensing to release the project.

New Blog: Best Places In Houston

As a Houstonian, I thought it only appropriate to let you know where the best places (and things) in Houston are. Check out Best Places In Houston and add it to your daily read.

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Concert: Avraham Fried & Shloime Gertner

Avraham Fried and Shloime Gertner will star in this years Haazinu concert.The yearly, “Evening of Harmony” is in it’s 11th year. The concert will also feature the comedy of MODI, as well as a special musical celebration, “Generations Unite” with Shloime & Dovid Dachs, Eli & Avromi Scwebel, Yisroel & Binyomin Williger. The concert will take place Sunday, February 27th, 2011. At the Jazz At Lincoln Center, for reservations, contact Haazinu at 718-431-0300 or go to Haazinu.org

8th Day is Looking for Talent!

Looking for Dancers, Actors & Extras for new 8th Day Music Video!

Feb. 6th in Brooklyn, NY. 

If you would like to be a part of this high-end music video please send an email to 8daymusicvideo@gmail.com. Please include the following information:

Name:

Age:

Part you are auditioning for:

Best number to reach you on:

Photo of yourself:

Thank you. And looking forward to creating an amazing music video. 

Yosaif Krohn: Debut Single

The Krohn brothers are some of the most talented in Jewish music.
Nochi Krohn is one of the most sought after keyboard players
Avner an accomplished drummer and Yosaif a saxaphonist.

Check out Yosaif's Krohn's Debut Single!


A Step at a Time by YosaifKrohn

Well Known Performers in Different Spectrums of Judiam Pass Away

It's interesting but it took me a while to hear about the passing of Moshe Yess of Megama Duo fame. He was a fantastic musician, lyricist, composer and performer  who touched the hearts of many. Moshe Yess had been sick for several years and that may have contributed to the controversy that surrounded him before his passing. Another recent passing is that of Debbie Friedman whose music was very popular with the reform and conservative Jews.

Maccabeats Come to Israel