Got Bentch Amerike – A Patriotic Classic in Yiddish

Watch: Cantor Aryeh Hurwitz sings Irving Berlin’s patriotic classic “G-d Bless America” in Yiddish during a musical evening at Chabad of Central Boca Raton in Florida.

G-d Bless America by Irving Berlin, originally Israel Beilin, a Russian Jew who moved to America and became one of the greatest song-writers ever. Someone did good ‘ole Irving a favor of writing it up in Yiddish, and here we are. G-d Bless America in English and Yiddish – גאט בענטש אמעריקע.

Sung at Chabad of Central Boca Raton during a musical evening by Aryeh Hurwitz and the musicians Ari Cattan, Sholom Lieberman, Evan Schechter, Alex Minkowsky, Yehuda Rosenberger.

VIDEO: