Four months ago, my close friend, Executive Producer Israel Schachter, shared his vision to tell a story that will educate our communities about the lifesaving work Amudim has been doing.
“Stand For You” is the brainchild of our collaboration. It is the story of an intimate relationship with the abused, silenced, and shamed. It is the story of people close to me, and it is my story.
Ironically, it’s a story we had to tell without telling it.
Eli

Credits:
Sponsored generously by: Charity Bids
Executive Producer: Israel Schachter
Written, Arranged, and Performed by Eli Schwebel
Co-written by Christian Dupree
Co-arrangements, Synths, Keys, Bass, Programming by Cale Hawkins
Piano: Eli Schwebel
Guitars: Oz Noy
Pre-Production & Edit: Assaf Spector
Mixed and Mastered By Nick Squillante
Strings Conducted by Yitzy Spinner
Orchestra: Yoed Nir, Earl Maneein, Gabe Terracciano, Fung Chern Hwei, Andie Tanning, Ali Belli
Jennifer DeVore, Bryan Wilson, Paul Swensen
Drums on film: Chemy Soibelman
Guitar on film: Rob Ritchie

Video Produced & Directed by Yeeshai Gross
Associate Producer: Yitzy Spinner
Directors of Photography: Peter Pavlakis, Chris Seerveld
Edited by: Chris Seerveld
Production Crew: Eric Smith, Emily Dombroff, Stuart Solomon, Charlie Hung
Location Sound Recordist: Ryan Metz
Special Thanks to Frank and Camille’s Piano’s, Great Neck Synagogue, Mark Twersky, Fran Gross, Avi Feder

Lyrics:
I could see it in your eyes
There was something you were hiding
You were holding deep inside
You were fighting on your own

All the nights you went to bed
Under covers you were crying
With his words inside your head
He stole your innocence

When you feel like is hope is lost
And you don’t know where to go
Or who to call

I will stand for you
We can face the world together
If we raise our voice
And make the choice
To learn to live again

I will stand for you
When you need me more than ever
We will face the truth
And find a new way through

I will stand for you

For as long as you remember
You had troubles on your mind
But at the bottom of the bottle
You left them all behind

You said you would surrender
All you needed was more time
But the days turned to years
And your promise turned to lies

When you feel like is hope is lost
And you don’t know where to go
Or who to call

I will stand for you
We can face the world together
If we raise our voice
And make the choice
To learn to live again

I will stand for you
When you need me more than ever
We will face the truth
And find a new way through

I will stand for you

And I love you enough for you to hate me for this

I will stand for you
We can face the world together
If we raise our voice
And make the choice
To learn to live again

I will stand for you
When you need me more than ever
We will face the truth
And find a new way through

We will stand for you