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

Biography

Family History

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

The Student Teachers

New York Times ^[2]

NYU Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute^[3]

KCRW Lost Notes ^[4]

New York Times ^[5]

Chutzpah

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

Tibetan Buddhism

DETAILS FORTHCOMING

Activities with Tibetan Buddhist Teachers in North America

1987 - 1997 "The New York Mandala Project"

1991 The Dalai Lama

1994 Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche

1995 Namkha Drimed Rinpoche

1996 Kusum Lingpa

2001 Kunzang Dechen Lingpa - Namthar, Translations

2010 Shepard Fairey The Dalai Lama "Compassion" collaboration^[7]

Garab Dorje Translation Committee

Hopi Artifact Repatriation

Discography

Performing

The Student Teachers

"Channel 13 / Christmas Weather" Ork Records, (1979) Produced by Jimmy Destri
"Marty Thau Presents 2x5" Red Star Records,(1980) Produced by Jimmy Destri
"Easter 78 Halloween 80" (1981) Not Quite Records
"Singles: The Great New York Singles Scene" (1982) The Student Teachers song "Past Tense" ROIR Records

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

"Ork Records: New York, New York" Numero Group

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

1992 Emergency Broadcast Network "Commercial Entertainment Product" and "Behavior Modification / We Will Rock You" TVT Records

1993-1994 Psykosonik "Psykosonik, "Silicon Jesus," and "Welcome to My Mind" TVT Records

1993 Cords "Taurus, No Bull " TVT Records

References

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

External links

EBN "Commercial Entertainment Product"

Annenberg Foundation

GRoW Repatriation of Hopi Artifacts

[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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