To celebrate the first day of Hanukkah.
To celebrate the first day of Hanukkah, New York City songwriter Richard Spitzer is sharing the single "Jewish" with a new lyric video. The track is featured on Spitzer's new EP, Cry Wolf, released earlier this fall.
Discussing "Jewish" and the holidays, Spitzer stated, "The symbolism of Hannukah is the shining of candle light through the darkness. Even without enough oil to stay lit, it lasted eight nights and illuminated our revolutionary liberation. This holiday has been celebrated for over a thousand years because much like 2020 we face gloom and deep dread. Is there light? Yes. Does it radiate brighter than we even realize? Yes. Wherever it shines we commensurate its radiance. This is the resistance, this is triumph." Spitzer was born in New York City into an Orthodox Jewish / Cuban family where music was a natural part of daily life. Salsa sounds at home against the somber bled into daily prayer at his Orthodox Hebrew Temple. Richard found his way into performing at rave events at 16, following that path to pursuing a fine arts degree at SUNY Purchase College. There he studied studio composition with Phillip Glass, had songwriting classmates Regina Spektor, Dan Deacon, and won a contest to open for The Roots.Watch the lyric video here:
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