Scharff at Group Show opening Vielmetter LA Projects. 2013

David Scharff is an American author, composer, creative director, and teacher.

Biography

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Family History

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The Vilna Gaon

Contributor to online research and maintenance of the official genealogy of the family of the Vilna Gaon, Elijah ben Solomon. The compiler of the online tree - Chaim Freedman - published the results of his research [1]

Isaac Luria

Constance Scharff

Dr. Matthew Scharff

Music and Film

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The Student Teachers

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New York Times [2]

NYU Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute[3]

KCRW Lost Notes [4]

New York Times [5]

Chutzpah

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Chutzpah (the world's first Jewish Hip Hop Super Group). Their reality-based comedy short film, "Chutzpah, This Is?" [6] starred George Segal, Gary Oldman, Debi Mazar, and Vivian Campbell. The 'mockumentary' received accolades from HBO's The Comedy Festival, the Newport Beach Film Festival, The Toronto International Film Festival, the Audience Award from the Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival, and official selection recognition at numerous other festivals, both in the USA and overseas. The group made several TV appearances and radio broadcasts, including Fox TV LA and Good Day New York.

Cultural Preservation

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Tibetan Buddhism

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DETAILS FORTHCOMING

Activities with Tibetan Buddhist Teachers in North America

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  • 1987 - 1997 "The New York Mandala Project"
  • 1995 Namkha Drimed Rinpoche

Garab Dorje Translation Committee

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Hopi Artifact Repatriation

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Discography

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Performing

The Student Teachers

  • "Invitation To... The Student Teachers, 1978-1980, The Complete Syllabus" Nacional Records

Annie Anxiety and The Asexuals as Jan David Cruel

  • Various Artists "Here We Go" (1985) Top of the Hill Records
  • Annie Anxiety and The Asexuals "Annie Anxiety And The Asexuals With Alan Vega – Live at Max’s Kansas City, 1979" (2012) Top of the Hill Records

Chutzpah

  • "Eponymous" (2005) Jewish Music Group
  • "Hip Hop Fantasy" (2009) HyLo Productions

Producing

  • 1986 Mondo Boffo "Marine" featuring Scorpio of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five (Assistant)
  • 1993 I.C.U. "Defy"
  • 2005 Chutzpah, "Eponymous" Jewish Music Group, as 'Jewdah'
  • 2007 Various, "Chanukah Celebration" HyLo Records

Composing

  • 1993 I.C.U. "Murder Me, I Die"
  • 2004 Various Artists, "A World of Happiness" Buena Vista Records
  • 2005 Chutzpah, "Eponymous" Jewish Music Group
  • 2009 Chutzpah, "Hip Hop Fantasy" HyLo Productions
  • 2008 Julie Silver, "This is Chanukah"


Art Direction

References

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  1. ^ "Eliyahu's Branches: The Descendants of the Vilna Gaon" Pub. Avotaynu; First Edition (January 1, 1997)
  2. ^ New York Times Op-Ed by Richard Hell, October, 2006 "Rock n Roll High School"
  3. ^ Bedford + Bowery Archive "Nightclubbing | Student Teachers, 1979"
  4. ^ KCRW Podcast, August 2020: "Teenagers Surfing on the Wave of the Apocalypse"
  5. ^ New York Times Article, August, 2022: "In the Late ’70s, Teen Punks Ruled New York"
  6. ^ "Chutzpah, This Is? (The Official Mockumentary)" on IMDb
  7. ^ Dalai Lama Print created by Shepard Fairey for the 50th Anniversary of the Tibetan Uprising s "Compassion"
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