As of sundown on Wednesday (Dec. 25), Hanukkah 2024 was in full swing — bringing with it eight straight days of family, prayers, candle-lighting and, yes, music. The canon of songs associated with the ...

Near the end of the last century, Dec. 3, 1994, many folks got their first exposure to Hanukkah music via Adam Sandler’s “Chanukah Song” on Saturday Night Live. Was that, perhaps, the impetus for the ...

The lyrics of a traditional song — "Hanukkah, oh Hanukkah" — rang through the basement of Aiken's Adath Yeshurun Synagogue Dec. 29 as the congregation marked the fifth night of the Jewish festival of ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville Jewish Community is celebrating the second night of Hanukkah. The big menorah outside the Jewish Community Alliance, called a Chanukkiah, is burning bright for ...

The Royal Concert Hall, or Concertgebouw, recently canceled the performance to be hosted by the Chanukah Concert Foundation ...

"Woody Guthrie's Happy Joyous Hanukkah" Jewish Music "Wonder Wheel" Jewish Music SUSAN MCKEOWN "Blackthorn: Irish Love Songs" World Village THE KLEZMATICS HAVE EMERGED as the most interesting of the ...

Whenever December rolls around, the thought, musically speaking, is to put on Christmas music. Songs like “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” or “White Christmas.” But as we all know Christmas isn’t the ...

Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, is a significant Jewish holiday. It commemorates the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem. The festival lasts for eight days, symbolising the ...

How is Hanukkah celebrated? Learn the history of the most common Hanukkah traditions that make up the Festival of Lights.

On Dec. 3, 1994, at about midnight, comedian Adam Sandler appeared on the Weekend Update segment of “Saturday Night Live” to perform one of his signature silly ditties on the acoustic guitar. Little ...