Appeal is a Jewish a cappella group, their repertoire draws on both religious music and secular Israeli rock and pop music. The vast majority of their songs are in Hebrew, though it has sung in Hebrew, English, Yiddish, Spanish, Ladino, Russian, Portuguese, Arabic, and Luganda. The members of Shir Appeal come from different religious backgrounds, including Jews of different levels of observance as well as non-Jewish members. Albums As is common in collegiate a cappella, many of Shir Appeal’s album names are puns. Man, Women, and Shevitz (1999) Mah Pitom? (What Are You Saying?) (2000) Unpealed (2002) Transliteration (2004) Zoozin’ (2006) Peal. Play. Win! (2009) Electric Peal (2011) The Elephant in the Room (2013) Linguistics (2014) Perspective (2016) Common Threads (2018) Either Or (2020) Compilations & Awards Trivia The side spine text on the album Transliteration is misprinted “Translitertaion.” Shir Appeal was the first a cappella group to make use of a vocoder in “Y’hei Shlama” from the album Transliteration. The title of the song “Dirah Esrim V’Shesh” means “Apartment 26.” John Clark, Shir Appeal’s producer, lives in Apartment 26. In 2005, a radio DJ (DJ Rick) from Radio Manila in the Philippines contacted Shir Appeal asking for a cappella music. Shir Appeal sent him a number of tracks including When You Believe from the album Ma Pitom. The track played on his radio show in Manila a few months later. An engaged couple residing in The Philippines heard the song on the radio, and later used it in their wedding in 2008. Shir Appeal’s music has been aired on Chagiga, a weekly Jewish Music radio show broadcast on WERS out of Emerson College. Shir Appeal’s signature version of Yerushalayim Shel Zahav uses 4/4 time, rather than the ¾ time in which the song was originally composed. With its unique arrangement, the song has gone on to be one of Shir Appeal’s most performed songs ever. Cantors in Los Angeles, CA and Fair Lawn, NJ have performed solo renditions with Shir Appeal of the song. One of the original soloists, Nili Riemer, graduated with a dual degree from Tufts and the New England Conservatory of Music. She is now a professional opera singer and has appeared in performances around the world. Shir Appeal has opened twice for the Jewish artist Neshama Carlebach, daughter of Shlomo Carlebach, once at Tufts Hillel, and once in Swampscott, MA. After encouragement from Neshama herself,