The title of this clip does not mean that no black person has ever celebrated Hanukkah – just these two. We’ve had black people among us at least since Moses married Zipporah. But yeah, this might be a good time to remind folks that Judaism is not a race. That’s really the only reason I […]
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MC Flow, aka San Diego’s Abby Dorsey, is well-named. The rapper’s Hanukkah-themed video stands out for it’s funny lyrics and legitimately smooth rapping. In a genre filled with clean cut white boys singing parodies of whatever songs happen to be popular with 12 year old girls, it’s nice to get the fuck away from Glee […]
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Israel is funny with the doughnuts. For most of the year, there are no doughnuts in Israel. No doughnut shops, no coffee carts selling doughnuts, no cops munching on doughnuts, nothing. But then, one month before Hanukkah, a holiday celebrated in part by the consumption of oily foods, Israel witnesses a veritable explosion of doughnuts! […]
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A latke is a fried potato pancake, often consumed by Jews on Hanukkah to commemorate the miracle of oil – the Maccabees wanted to rededicate the Temple after conquering the Greeks. In order to do so they needed sanctified oil to light the Menorah but only had enough oil to last one day and it […]
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This Hanukkah collaboration between Erez Cohen, Six13, A.K.A. Pella, & The Y Studs is probably pretty good but it’s hard to tell what with all the ugly Hanukkah sweaters that are all over this video! Talk about distracting… You too can wear the same ugly Hanukkah apparel worn by the guys and dolls in this […]
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Adam Sandler performed his updated Hanukkah at the Judd Apatow & Friends event at the New York Comedy Festival at Carnegie Hall earlier this month. He just released an official video a couple days ago of him performing the song again in San Diego. We reprinted the lyrics below and […]
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There are so many beloved Christmas songs composed by Jews. There’s “White Christmas,” music and lyrics by Irving Berlin, “The Christmas Song” , music and lyrics by Mel Tormé and Bob Wells, “Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow,” lyrics by Sammy Cahn, music by Julie Styne, “Winter […]
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In this clip, featuring the cast of Saturday Night Live and Alec Baldwin, SNL very clearly demonstrates how difficult it is to fit Hanukkah into a Christmas-style celebration. How so? Well, Hanukkah is actually a pretty complex holiday. Yes, the Maccabees definitely kicked their enemies butts and managed to rededicate the holy temple. However, many […]
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Hannukah means another holiday video by the Maccabeats. It’s as inevitable as Christmas envy, Matzoball parties and latkes vs. sufganiyot debates. This year the a capella boys from Yeshiva University do a parody of “Shut Up And Dance” by Walk the Moon, while sharing their latke recipe. Here’s an actual latke recipe you can use […]
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The Jewish high holidays are usually made up of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur . During Rosh Hashanah, rather than popping champagne corks at midnight and going to wild parties, we Jews are meant to reflect on the past year and contemplate the mistakes we’ve made and the […]
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