This is the Forward’s coverage of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.
Hanukkah
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Music Faux Hasidim, Real Hasid Unite on Network TV…
…to sing a dreidel song on “Late Night With Conan O’Brien.” The real Hasid is Bostoner Hasid/rapper Y-Love. The fellows in the fake beards are Erran Baron Cohen (brother of “Borat” comic Sacha) and his band. The song is from Erran’s new album “Songs in the Key of Hanukkah.” The motley crew’s performance can be…
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Life Only in New York: Hanukkah Subway Attack Was a Multi-Ethnic Mash-up
I never thought that there would be a Hanukkah-related brawl on my favorite subway line — let alone one that would dominate the front pages of New York’s tabloids. As the alleged victims of the attack tell the story to the Daily News, the four of them boarded a Brooklyn-bound Q-train after celebrating Hanukkah at…
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Culture Eighth Night Yid Vid: The War on Christmas
The video’s maker explains: So, every year my school holds a door-decorating contest at Christmas time. This year, the plan was to have me make this Christmas vs. Hanukkah space battle animation, and play it on a laptop attached to the door, while also projecting a neat light effect onto some thin paper over the…
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Culture Seventh Night Yid Vid: We Are All Jelly Donuts
Israeli machismo died in Ramat Poleg.
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Culture Sixth Night Yid Vid: Yidcore Channels Adam Sandler
For more on Australia’s greatest Jewish punk band, read this and this.
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Culture Fifth Night Yid Vid: Al Qaeda Hanukkah
Maybe this guy was right after all.
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Life Fourth Night Yid Vid: Hanukkah Caroling
This one has a touch more soul:
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Life Hanukkah Special: Petite Smoked Ham, Only $6.99 Per Pound
Manhattan grocer Balducci’s had a holiday treat for Jewish shoppers: Hanukkah hams! Novelist NancyKay Shapiro happened upon the discounted hams and snapped some pictures of the store’s signage. Following up on Shapiro’s discovery, the Daily News reports: A Balducci’s official was so verklempt about the error he didn’t want to speak on the record. He…
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