There are so many Jewish music festivals that I can’t even try to post about them all, but some just need to get shared. that past weekend Buenos Aires Argentina got revved up for Rosh Hashana with ‘Rosh Hashana Urbano,’ a two day festival of Jewish music and humor. certain, bouncing to Hebrew singing rock band Guiborim isn’t a particularly deep and introspective way to prepare for the Days of Awe, but fun community building has to count for something. If your Spanish is less rusty than mine, there’s a nice essay in the local paper describing the event.

Anyway, here’s Rosh Hashana Urbano promo video put out by the event sponsor, YokTime. I can’t wait to show my elder wiggler. She and I love to watch Rube Goldberg machine videos and she’ll flip

out to see a Jewish one. I’m not certain where the music for the video comes from. It reminds me of a British pop tune used in particularly annoying hair products commercial.

ROSH HASHAN�? URBANO 2007

Here are videos of some the bands that took part.

Segundo Mundo. Música Klezmer

Tandarika

Guiborim – Jewish Rock

Other groups that took part include “The Shabbatones” (a Ska group, not the UPenn singing group), The Klezmer Brass Band, Hiperimpulso, Simja Dujov & The Strudel Klezmer band, and the Dúo Guefilte Fish.

I got the link to the newspaper commentary from the blog “Trendy Palermo Viejo“, the “First trilingual blog about shops, restaurants, hotels, places & events of Palermo Viejo, the trendiest neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina.” Thanks Nancy!

Original post by Jack