Nothing gives us a bigger laugh than watching funny Hava Nagila videos on YouTube. Geeky, yes, but there are so many ridiculous versions online, so if you need a chill pill and haven’t refilled your Xanax, let the glory of the Internet guide you to your happy place.
This particular Hava Nagila is from one of the greatest in a category I like to call “Jewishy movies” where Jewish icons fill the screen and Yiddish plays on words are abundant in the script. Keeping Up With The Steins stars everyone’s favorite HBO foul-mouthed and steaming-tempered Hollywood agent, Ari Gold, who’s so good at playing Ari Gold that we don’t even care to call him by his real name (Jeremy Piven). Guess what? He basically plays Ari Gold’s twin brother in Keeping Up With The Steins so naturally, Jewishy, Hollywood hilarity ensues. Now, the story revolves around planning a boy’s Bar Mitzvah and, yes, we know, we are a wedding planning site, but let’s face it: except for the pubescent boy and a Torah and a potential gift of a Mont Blanc pen, planning a Bar Mitzvah and planning a wedding are similar experiences (okay, and it’s possible you might even receive a Mont Blanc pen for your wedding). In this day and age, it seems like weddings get bigger and fancier and everyone’s got to have the newest, trendiest feature (last year was definitely The Year of the Photobooth, and it’s going strong… which we LOVE! Yentalicious!!).
So, to honor the biggest and the best, we present to you a Hava Nagila sung by one of the biggest and the best, not only in music, but in The Tribe.
Enjoy and happy Friday!
