The music

Centuries of Soul. Reborn in English

From classroom sketches to street anthems, these development recordings explore inherited melodies and new songs for JEWISH. The notes describe current screenplay moments or musical concepts still being explored.

Hadley O’Hara and Yuki Tanaka lead their classmates in a bright daytime Times Square song and dance — Hadley and Yuki in Times Square · Concept illustration

01 Aloha or ShalomHadley & Yuki · Comic OyPizza stage concept 02 America My LoveGuy’s recurring anthem 03 BrightonBrighton Beach boardwalk concept 04 BroadwayOpening Scene: Manhattan Academy Corridor Lockers 05 Chiribim ChiribomThe Martini twins’ OyPizza number 06 DreidelRehearsal rhythm-game concept 07 ForeverWedding theme · school-show finale 08 Hanukkah Oh HanukkahOyPizza rehearsal · kitchen swing 09 Hey Girl You Shine (Jewish Swing)Jewish Swing · musical concept 10 Hold OnAviva & Ethan’s songwriting rehearsal 11 Just Hold On for a LittleEncouragement · musical concept 12 KumbayaEnsemble solidarity concept 13 MommyYuki’s school-show tribute to Joseph’s mother 14 New Year on Times SquareNew Year song · Walter J. Kin (RIGLI) 15 Out of Egypt (Digging in the Dark)Original Folk-Pop Exodus Jam 16 Oy PizzaOyPizza hangout · musical concept 17 TumbalalaikaEnglish Teen Version · development recording 18 We Are Sisters We Are BrothersTimes Square chorus · students and crowd