YOU CAN TAKE SALEM OUT OF THE COUNTRY...BUT

Some of the best commercials on television when I was growing up were the cigarette comercials.

CALL FOR PHILLIP MOOOOR-REYIS (Phillip Morris).
The Marlborough Man on his trusty steed looking like he just won the Alamo all by himeslf.
Winston tastes good, like a cigarette should.
And Salem. That was a clever commercial. You can take Salem out of the country, BUT, you can't take the country out of Salem.

Why was it so clever? The jingle ran over and over but at the end it stopped at BUT...and automatically everyone answered 'You can't take the country out of Salem.'

Smart.

Songs. They take us back down memory lane. They are symbols of when we fell in love...when we were at the Prom...when we broke up and nursed our poor hearts.

Israel is a land of song. The two most famous being, in my opinion, Hatikvah, our national anthem and Hava Nagila.

Imagine my surprise when I received an email this morning with a clip of Hava Nagila, Thai Style!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0RtRTx7NMA&eurl

Now, to tell you the truth, I have seen all kinds of song and dance troups playing and singing Israeli/Yiddish songs. Anyone can do a Chassidic melody and between the costumes and the dance steps know that we are back in the Shtetle.

And those bright costumes and bare footed dancers doing the Hora.

But this Hava Nagila I have never seen before.

Actually it warmed the cockles of my heart.

Go...go check it out. If Moses had made it to Thailand this is what Hava Nagila would have looked like. In the meantime I am stamping my feet, clapping my hands and smiling from ear to ear.

One more time!!! Yahoooooooooooooo.

Shavuah tov.

Have a great day...stay safe...and thanks for dropping in.