Customer Reviews

OyBaby 2

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This DVD is a wonderful addition for a Jewish household. My young kids love it and I really appreciate the Jewish content and music. I'd much rather add a little culture to their TV viewing. Its incredibly well done! I *highly* recommend this DVD and the CD as well for car rides.

If anything, this video is even better than the first OyBaby DVD. Again, it presents great songs, well-sung, while being informative without being preachy.

While I'm not the biggest fan of Rick Recht (who wrote/performed 1 or 2 of the songs), I didn't really notice; the Schneiderman sisters more than make up for him. I especially liked the fact that the Chanukkah song was written by one of the members of Bare Naked Ladies (who the producers are quick to point out consist of 5, fully-clothed, men <grin>). The video even presents two traditional songs in Yiddish.

My wife and I also really enjoyed the way this video goes through many of the Jewish holidays, mainly by showing bits and pieces of them, and/or singing a basic song about them. The Pesach piece is especially cute.

Our 2 year old son loves it (and has since he got it at about 18 months). I would recommend that this be given to a slightly older child than the original OyBaby (say, to an 18 month old instead of a 12 month old for the original), but that may just be me. I do know that my wife and I prefer this one (at least a little bit); it's more "watch-able" for an adult.

Overall, just great (again)! Especially for something recorded at a bakery. (big grin!)

I bought this for my 1 year old because we wanted a Jewish alternative to all of the 'Baby Einstein'-type videos that are on the market. We love that the songs are all well-known Jewish songs, and the video includes blessings and Hebrew numbers and letters. The production values are great, and my toddler loves the music and the imagery. He claps his hands during his favorite songs and studies the puppets and children with rapt attention. I absolutely recommend this for Jewish parents looking for a baby video that provides Jewish culture while also entertaining baby.

Our two kids (4 and 2) loved the original oy baby and we love watching it with them. Number two has only expanded our joy! The songs are familiar to my husband and I from Sunday School and camp and we are so glad that our children get an jump on learning these songs. We also enjoy the gentle graphics and the familiar scenes that accompany the songs. We find our kids singing and dancing along with the video which, during the winter in Seattle, is one of the best indoor activities we could ask for! We know that this DVD is great because our kids ask that we sing the songs to them as their bedtime music! THANKS OY BABY!

There is a special intimacy & fineness to things made with love. This video is an unexpectedly tender love-valentine. Rob & Lisi made it for their baby boy because they loved him. They wanted to share things he loved -- menorahs and alephs and his baby friends -- with music he loved, at a pace which he could absorb. The songs are also born in love. The music is three sisters singing, as they have sung together all their lives.

"Well, I learned not to take all the babies to the video-shoot at once," said Rob afterward, laughing. "Three or four at a time is plenty."

The imagery alone is lovely. I have given two copies to Christian friends, just because its pace is so baby-perfect; think "Sesame Street from the Rebbe." But the soundtrack is what lifts it to the divine. These three women's voices ARE a temple. Showered in their harmonies, watching the beautiful sacred things unfold at baby pace, one is healed.

"Sparking a lifetime of Jewish wonderment through sight and song," say Rob & Lisi (www.oybaby.com). Wonder is the right word.

A great gift for Hanukkah or birthday. Made for Jewish babies, engaging for all.

my daughter received Oy Baby 1 as a gift for her 1st birthday. She'll be 2 in 2 weeks and LOVES the music and watching the video so much. She's memorized most of the songs- especially Dayenu- which she requests to listen to several times a day. It is sooooooooo wonderful. She's getting Oy Baby 2 for her 2nd birthday. It is 100000 times better than Baby Einstein.

I am 65 years old; our grandkids are 10, 8, and 8. Still wanted these for Mother's Day because they are so charming and special! Will get the OyBabys for baby gifts! Love them - both 1 and2... I will take them back to my annual grade school best friends' reunion to share! Thanks!

I think the only negative thing that I can say about this video is that OyBaby2 is even better. The songs are all great, the graphics are nice (be aware, they're not high-tech as this is clearly a fairly low-budget production, but that doesn't diminish them at all), the kids are all adorable, and the puppets are the best.

I especially liked that it wasn't the least bit "preachy" about Judaism. Sure, it's all about Judaism, Jews, and Judaica (it IS called OyBaby after all), but it never even comes close to saying that anything is right or wrong; it just sings songs, shows the Hebrew alphabet, etc.

We got it for our son when he was about 1 and he loved it; he still enjoys it at 2 and my wife and I both like the songs so we suspect he won't get bored anytime soon; OyBaby2, however, is probably better for a child a tiny bit older than this one (say, for a child one and a half or older).

I'm sure your little one (and you) will enjoy this as much as ours did.

My son Noah loves this dvd. He is just a little over one and is mesmerized by the singing, the puppets and the nature imagery. I absolutely love the music in it. We have a lot of non-Jews in our lives and they all love it as well. Everyone that has come in contact with it has been very impressed. The music really makes the whole thing. I stumbled across it on accident and I am so happy for this wonderful discovery! I can't wait to hear Noah singing "Dayenu" at Passover in a year or two and it will because of 'Oybaby.'

My two year old twins LOVE this video, as well as the 1st Oy Baby. They have been watching it since they were one and they never tire of it. The music is beautiful and the pictures are entertaining. Now the boys are starting to repeat the Hebrew songs, prayers, letters and numbers!!