However, in 1976 formed by Yerachmiel Begun as well, the Miami Boys Choir was part of a larger surge in popularity of Orthodox Jewish choral music.
[1] The use of an all-boy choir is related to a common interpretation of Orthodox Jewish law (halachah) of kol isha which they hold prohibits males above the age of majority from listening to non-familial females singing even on audio recordings.
[2][3] While the group was formed in Miami Beach, Florida, after releasing the first few albums, Begun moved the choir to New York.
Although he retained the "Miami" in the name of the group, subsequent albums were released with boys primarily from the New York/New Jersey area.
In addition, he had composed many songs for a number of other Jewish music singers and groups including Simchatone, Kol Salonika (with Rabbi Boruch Chait), Kol Hakavod, Camp S'dei Chemed International, Mordechai Ben David, and Ira Heller.
[4] The Miami Boys Choir experienced a resurgence in popularity in 2022, after Yerachmiel Begun's son established a TikTok account and posted clips of the group performing.
Among the children of the choir who participated in this album (but did not get a single solo) you can find the singer Yaakov Shwekey and the producer Danny Finkelman.
The album featured vocalists Sruli Rubin, Dovid Pearlman, Binyamin Ravina Abramowitz and Jeremy Herskowitz.
Choir graduates Chanina, Akiva and Binyamin Ravina Abramowitz performed the song 'Ani Maamin' (from the album 'It's Min Hashomayim') together with their brother Chiya.
In addition, a reconstruction of the musical from Miami Experience 2 was carried out, and a duet was performed between Nochum Stark, who was the main actor in 1992, and his successor Dovid Pearlman.
5 new songs were written in honor of the show, and in addition to the children of the choir, 2 of its alumni were also presented: Yoshi Bender and Yochonon Burstein.