From the Sources: Lord Gordon’s Highland Hanukkah
by Eliezer Segal (AJNews) – Dickens’ Barnaby Rudge carries the subtitle: A Tale of the Riots of Eighty. It is a historical novel set against…
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Stephen Colbert thinks there aren’t enough Hanukkah movies, so he made up some of his own
by Shira Hanau (JTA) — Stephen Colbert gave Jewish viewers of the Late Show a special Hanukkah gift Monday night: a bit about the glut…
About our cover artist: Naomi Broudo
By Shelley Werner, Art and Scroll Studio (AJNews) – The whimsical image on the cover of this month’s Alberta Jewish News: Calgary edition is titled…
Nissim Black and Kosha Dillz, Jewish hip-hop royalty, remix Adam Sandler’s “Chanukah song”
by Philissa Cramer (JTA) — Two leading Jewish hip-hop artists have adapted Adam Sandler’s 1995 breakout hit, “The Chanukah Song,” for the present moment. Nissim…
This catchy ‘West Side Story’ Hanukkah parody was filmed on location in New York
by Lisa Keys (New York Jewish Week via JTA) — The opening shot is a panorama of the George Washington Bridge, its tower and the…