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A Song of Zion: Ocho Kandelikas! [1]
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Date: 2023-12-14
Happy final night of Hannukah folks! Hope ya’ll have been able to enjoy the light and warmth of the holiday. Did you get any presents? Did you give some? Anything you really loved? Today I thought we’d celebrate this final night by enjoying some Hannukah tunes. This may not be the biggest holiday of the year (despite how it might look to those who aren’t Jewish), but it sure does have some of the best music if you ask me.
First up, popular bluegrass band, The Infamous Stringdusters does “Hannukah, Oh Hannukah”:
This was released along with Maoz Tzur, right after their Christmas album. I can’t find any information about the members being personally Jewish (feel free to correct me), so it seems they made this just for their Jewish fans, which I think is quite nice.
Moving along, I give you “Mi Ze Yemalel”, a Moroccan Hannukah song, as performed by fabulous guitarist, Gerard Edery:
Next up, a live version of “I am a Latke”, by the famous Jewish feminist Debbie Friedman:
She did much to bring an inclusive version of Judaism to the world. My her memory be a blessing.
From Nefesh Mountain, it’s Woody Guthrie’s “Hanukkah’s Flame”:
From the description:
Woody moved to Coney Island in 1942 and spent much of his time learning from and collaborating with his Jewish mother in law and yiddish poet Aliza Greenblatt. He identified with the stories and hardships of the Jewish people inspiring him to write these unique and powerful poems and songs. Though these works and Jewish writings were little known at the time, their rediscovery by his daughter Nora Guthrie paints a fuller picture of Woody as a writer, social activist, and humanitarian.
Cool!
And since we’ve listened to someone play Guthrie, we might as well listen to the man himself:
I love the absurd animation in this short Israeli kids song:
Of course we need The Driedel Song, but this time it’s "Ikh Bin a Kleyner Dreydl":
And finally, I give you my favorite version of Ocho Kandelikas, as perfomed by Dganit Daddo, and written by the great Flory Jagoda:
So that’s it folks! You got eight Hannukah songs for eight days of Hannukah. What have you been listening to? How’s your week? This is our weekly check-in on DailyKos. This is an open thread, safe-space for Jewish folks here, so we ask that non-Jews listen more than speak.
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