Thomas Conner
By Thomas Conner
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Culture Happy birthday Woody Guthrie, our greatest Hanukkah songwriter
The composer of 'Hanuka Gelt' and 'This Land Is Your Land' would have turned 110 today
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Culture How an Okie Named Woody Guthrie Became Our Best Hanukkah Tunesmith
For 20 years, I was a pop music critic. Every year as the calendar wound down, here came one of music journalism’s over-roasted chestnuts: the annual roundup of new Christmas albums. I never groaned. I’m one of those Christmas music people. As soon as the Thanksgiving turkey is down my gullet, I’m trotting out the…
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Yiddish אַ פֿאָטאָגראַפֿיע פֿון דער באָבען, ווען געוויסע געשעפֿטן האָבן נאָך געהאַט ייִדישע שילדןA photo of my grandmother at a time when Jewish stores had Yiddish signs
דאָס בילד איז דער אײנציקער קאָנקרעטער איבערבלײַב פֿון דער ייִדישער שפּראַך אין אונדזער משפּחה.
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