Instead of Gaga’s “Let’s have some fun/ This beat is sick/ I wanna take a ride on your disco stick,” it’s “Let’s have some fun/ This cholent is delicious/ I wanna have a taste of your Shabbos knishes.”

There’s “Shakin’ the Lulav (Sukkot Song),” to the tune of “Twist and Shout,” with 18,000+ views “( “Rosh Hashanah”) Rock Anthem,” to the tune of LMFAO’s dance hit “Party Rock Anthem,” with almost 1.4 million views and “Ofn Tish: Chagaga!!” sung to the tune of Lady Gaga’s “Love Game,” with 223,000+ views. The college students were responsible for a fine production: The tunes they chose to rewrite are catchy, the lyrics are proficient and their voices are melodic.īut they’ve spawned an entire line of religious YouTube videos I find an embarrassment - no, a shonda! - for the Jewish people. My antipathy toward The Maccabeats - those sheyne yinglekh, as my grandmother would have said, using the Yiddish term for “sweet boys” - isn’t personal.

Shlock rock my menorah