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ALIYA’s Night Owls Gearing Up for Purim

The ALIYA Institute (Alternative Learning Institute for Young Adults) of Crown Heights, is very diligently continuing to provide our youth and community at large with great innovative projects and functions, including the emergence of a new band, and a general “boost” to their existing wonderful programs.

Beginning with ALIYA re-launching and reopening its popular studio, a few ALIYA members and local Bochurim teamed up to form a band. Seizing the great opportunity and the oncoming spirit of Chanukah, their first song was a band members original “Chanukah composition,” and was a huge hit when they performed it at the annual ALIYA Chanukah Concert.

With a unique blend of a conventional acoustic style, spruced up with modern day “pop” rhythms, touches of “rapping,” and of course some “Good ‘ol Chassidic Spirit,” their new sound is truly a novelty.

The collaboration of the members’ different places in the “spectrum” of the community, combined with their improvisation on many styles of music, brings forth a very lively and modern day humorous masterpiece, and is a great listen to just about anyone!

They named themselves “The Night Owls” capturing the “vibe” of always having to work at night because of the very tight schedule of bochurim, and the niche of our generation; to shine through the darkness in taking the final step out of exile and welcoming the redemption!

Over the past few months, the band brought in more musicians, instruments, and outside talent in developing a very lively and catchy hit single Purim Song! Many new faces were introduced to the studio as well as ALIYA’s other great programming. After many weeks of “jamming” and fine-tuning, the song was recorded and mastered, and promises to be a hit musically, and in spreading the Purim spirit to the youth of our community, and many others abroad! Stay tuned!

Call it merging, collaboration, blending–it all equals– Unity, the driving force behind ALIYA and all of its functions. Also in the recent winter months, ALIYA saw a huge rise in their very popular Monday Night “Torah & Sushi Learning Program!” Every Monday night “The Guys” pair up with local Yeshiva Bochurim and community members for an hour of learning followed by some awesome sushi! This amazing duo of “Torah & Sushi” brings lots of cheer and spirit to those “ordinary” Monday nights and is enjoyed tremendously by the guys and bochurim alike!

From the Studio to the Shul; the development of a new band and new functions, ALIYA once again, as always, is doing wonders by uniting a wide array of individuals from the community into a one complete being and a beautiful masterpiece!

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10 Comments

  • Rock On Guys!!

    Looks & sounds from the promo like some really awesome stuff!!
    Go DJ, Moishe, Menachem, Shaul & the whole “crew” that’s involved with this new thrill;) can’t wait for the full song!! GO ALIYA!!

  • BIG FAN!!

    Aliya with the big home run again!! Thanks rabbi Feiglin for all ur great work! And hey Night Owls, can’t wait to hear the song–confident u guys will rock on eal big! Btw great article, ne1 know who wrote it?

  • BIG FAN!!

    Aliya with the big home run again!! Thanks rabbi Feiglin for all ur great work! And hey Night Owls, can’t wait to hear the song–confident u guys will rock on eal big! Btw great article, ne1 know who wrote it?

  • ALIYA wuz rockin last night!!

    ALIYA Wuz rockin last night btw with first installment of Adar dancing; come by next Thurs night for some more…shout out to moishe Feiglin u rock rabbi!! Can’t wait to see the night owls live @ ALIYA–u guys gotta do that!

  • Bee Bee

    Isn’t that the guy from last years “A Jewish Star”?
    Can’t wait to hear him again with the rest of the band “Night Owls” together! Sounds like its gonna be a big hit! I could just hear it in the background! Good luck to all you guys!!

  • Big fan!!!

    Looks really awesome!!!! I know Personally all the band members, their awesome guys! Can’t wait for the song, looking forward!!!!