11/1/2022 0 Comments My menorah la bamba![]() ![]() Hanukkah Rocks – The LeeVees Hanukkah Album (Our favorite tune is “How Do You Spell Channukkah?” Great for KidsĬheery ear-worms that will entertain your kids but not make you wish night eight would show up any earlier than it does. Suck It, Christmas! – Rachel Bloom, Jack Dolgen, Dan Gregor Hanukkah Album (Our favorite tune is “Judaica.”) The Hanukkah Song (I, II, III, and IV) - Adam Sandler ![]() ![]() Warning - Sandler’s and Bloom’s work is best enjoyed by the post-b’nei mitzvah set. Laugh-till-the-oil-comes-out-of-your-nose. The Many and the Few – Woody Guthrie (This is the most realistic telling of the Hanukkah story you’ll hear.) Have a gentle Hanukkah with the help of our mellow-voiced matriarchs and patriarchs. Hanukkah Song (Favorite Time of the Year) – Too $hortĭreidel – Erran Baron Cohen (Yiddish rap at 1:18) Best of Folk Judah and the Maccabees – Damon and Naomi Hip-Hop/Rap: The coolest Hanukkah songs written in the last 1,000-or-so years.Ĩ Days of Hanukkah - Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings Ikh bin a kleyner dreydl – The famous “I Have A Little Dreidel” was possibly first written in Yiddish. (Here’s the iconic Cantor Moshe Oysher singing it.) ( Performed by the Jewish People’s Philharmonic Chorus.)ĭrei Dreidel – A Yiddish bop. Hanerot Hallalu – From a chant in the Talmud (Soferim 20:6,) the title means “We Light These Lights.” (Gershon Sirota, the world-famous cantor who performed at Carnegie Hall and died in the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, leads this version.) Yiddish Classics:Įvery Hanukkah song sounds better in Yiddish.Ĭhanukah, Oy Chanukah – (Here’s the original! Sung by the great Theodore Bikel.)īorekh-ate – A gorgeous choral number by Solomon Golub and Abraham (Avrom) Reisen. My menorah la bamba tv#(Here’s the over-the-top cover from the TV show “Glee.”) Hanukkah, Oh Hanukkah – People expect this one, which was originally written in Yiddish. (Here’s Israeli artist Dafna’s take on the song.) Sevivon Sov Sov Sov – Israel’s favorite dreidel song. ![]() (This beautiful rendition is by Abigail Lapell and Laura Spink.)Īl Hanisim – Lyrics derived from the traditional Hanukkah liturgy. Ner Li – A traditional Israeli Hanukkah song. (Here’s a gorgeous version by singers from Boys Town Jerusalem, and a great cover by The Weavers.) We also love this incredible Ashkenazi take by Cantor Pinchos Borenstein.) Maoz Tzur/Rock of Ages – A 13th century classic.(We’re partial to this sweeping Maccabeats version. The songs that make it feel like Hanukkah. Hands off our holiday.īut hey, thanks for your interest in a holiday about the Jews defeating powerful foes to reclaim our ancient capital of Jerusalem.” Modern Classics An organisation that lobbies for boycotts of the Jewish state and the leadership of which is obsessed with the “Jewish lobby”, tweeting about Chanukah songs. Jewish paper Forward and tweeted by APAN.Īustralian community identity Alex Ryvchin tweeted back: The Australia Palestine Advocacy Network actively encourages BDS against Israel.but somehow there is no boycott for Chanukah music.ĪPAN tweeted an article in the U.S. ![]()
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