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Schmekel
OriginBrooklyn, New York, United States
GenresFolk punk, queercore
Years active2010–2014
LabelsSchmekel Music; Riot Grrrl, Ink
MembersLucian Kahn (guitar/vocals)
Ricky Riot (keyboard/vocals)
Nogga Schwartz (bass guitar)
Simcha Halpert-Hanson (drums)
Websitewww.transjews.com

Schmekel was an all-transgender, Jewish folk punk band from Brooklyn, NY, known for their humor. They have been compared to Pansy Division, Tribe 8, Frank Zappa, Mel Brooks and Tom Lehrer. Eddy Portnoy of The Forward cited Schmekel as an example of the cultural movement "Queer Yiddishkeit."

Following the group's disbandment, member Itai Gal aka Ricky Riot formed a new project called Itai and the Ophanim, which released a debut album, Arise, in 2019.

In literature

In the final Tales of the City novel, the character Jake reports his love interest, Amos, flirting with the lead singer of Schmekel.

Discography

  • The Whale That Ate Jonah (Schmekel Music) -- October 2013
  • Queers On Rye (Riot Grrrl, Ink) -- December 2011

Notes

  1. Hugh Ryan (25 November 2011). "Schmekel, a Band Born as a Laugh". The New York Times. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
  2. "Reasons to Have Pride in 2012". The Advocate". 15 May 2012.
  3. Eddy Portnoy (19 October 2011). "Transgender Jews May Be Nothing New". The Jewish Daily Forward.
  4. Maupin, Armistead. The Days of Anna Madrigal. New York: HarperCollins, 2014. pp. 84-85.
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