Uncle Moishy and the Mitzvah Men is a Jewish American children’s educational entertainment group based in New York City, featured in audio and video releases, as well as appearing live in concert. Their tapes, CDs and videos are sold in most Jewish music and Judaica stores.
The beloved character Uncle Moishy is produced and managed by Suki and Ding. The group has produced over 30 audio albums and 20 videos to date under the Suki and Ding label, David Golding and Suki Berry.
Uncle Moishy and the Mitzvah Men have traveled internationally, giving shows in Israel, Canada, England, Austria, South Africa and Hong Kong.
Uncle Moishy began in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In 1979 their first album appeared in conjunction with the Jewish Education Program. The original band members were Tanenbaum, Zale Newman, and Chaim Shainhouse; Shainhouse left early on, though he composed for and sang on the first few albums.
In 1979, Uncle Moishy and the Mitzvah men became a household phenomenon with the release of their first album. The historical background is that Zale Newman, well known in the ‘kiruv’ world, approached David Golding to produce an adult album under the Suki & Ding Label. Ding’s intuition was that it should be a group for children. Under the musical direction of Suki Berry, they quickly assembled 10 songs and recorded the music with the top New York musicians. Zale brought in Moshe Tannenbaum to be the lead singer while Zale himself was the iconic ‘Uncle Moishy’ speaking voice.
In 2017, Moshe Tanenbaum under new management, producers known as Sonic Duo, released his first independent album titled ‘Welcome!’ In 2018, the ‘All New Uncle Moishy’ Yossi Berktin, with producers Suki and Ding released the character’s 19th album.
