3/1/2024 0 Comments Hughie stone fish![]() After telling them that I had previously written an article that mentions their Jewish representation in “Eat the Menu” videos, they asked me if I was Jewish. To top it all off, at the end of the show, I got to meet the band. Hughie poked fun at a Jewish audience member who made a joke that was perceived to be ableist because “it’s hard enough being Jewish without other ‘isms’ giving us a bad look.” (He walked it back one song later, saying that it was unfair to blame all of antisemitism on one guy.) During the set, Alex and Hughie also jokingly “othered” Keith for not being Jewish like them (“We’re called goys, we have a name,” Keith interjected). Santa, for his part, wants to bring presents to the little Jewish children, whipping off his Santa hat to reveal a “Santa yarmulke” and ending the song by declaring, “Happy birthday to the world’s most famous Jewish baby!”Īs an audience member at their show, the Jewish pride was palpable. In “Why Can’t Santa (Give Presents to the Little Jewish Children),” Lewberger laments that Jewish kids aren’t visited by Santa during Christmas time, singing that Santa could “spin the dreidel with Bubbe and Zayde, then pick us up and dance the hora.” In their live performance of this song, Keith dresses up as Santa visiting a sleeping Alex on Christmas night. Sprinkled between “Pokémon Pickup Lines” and “The Vagina Song” were songs poking fun at the experience of growing up Jewish. Their performance, full of call and response, elicited loud cheers when they asked if there were any Jews in the audience, and it only got more Jewish from there. ![]() Recently, I had the pleasure of seeing Lewberger perform live at their show in Washington, D.C.
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