Yid Vid: Hava Nagila Without Borders
The fun folks over at Jewlicious have assembled a quartet of YouTube videos that testify to the universal appeal of that beloved Jewish standard, Hava Nagila. There are renditions from Thailand, India, Britain and Texas. The Thai one is my personal favorite, but it’s been making its way around cyberspace for quite sometime, so here’s a runner-up, from a “Salute to Israel” dinner at (controversial) Pastor John Hagee’s Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, Texas:
Who knew Christian Zionists had so much down-home ruach?
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