This one was submitted by Sarah.
And now, in place of the lame Flash embed from Albino Blacksheep, Sarah found this rockin’ Chanukah video by a group that I would have rocked to during the 70s. Whoa. I’m sensing a little Grateful Dead, a little Mountain, a little Clapton, a little ZZ Top—complete with guitar solo and, uh, an Orthodox bass player. Kewl.
This spot used to hold the Flash embed code of “Hey Ya Hanukah.” I have removed it, because you don’t have a choice to play it or not. Every single time you load this page, the video loads and plays. Screw that. That’s not what “embed” should be used for. I am not interested in any more Albino Blacksheep videos if that’s how they try to push them on people.—Meryl
It’s got a beat you can dance to.
Dang I’m sorry about the flash being so obnoxious.
It’s quite interesting being here and seeing how Hanukkah is celebrated. Beautiful is an understatement. Quite nice. Much better than seeing “merry X-mas and seeing santa clause and his merry frigging elves.
I wish my fellow “Christians” held their own holiday in such high regards.
Happy Hanukkah! May God continue to bestow his blessings on his people.
PS: And learning to spell Hanukkah isn’t a bad thing either!
Sarah, it’s not YOUR fault. It’s Albino Blacksheep for making their Flash embed so obnoxious.
Long Rifle, well, it’s just fun to put up Chanukah posts. It’s actually a very minor holiday in Judaism. We celebrate it more because it’s one of our few victories (“They tried to kill us, we won, let’s eat!”) and also because it was a huge victory against assimilation and against being forced to worship other religions.
It’s become bigger in America partly as a result of Christmas. The timing of the two holidays has encouraged American Jewish parents to give presents to their children and make a bigger deal of the holiday than we used to do.
I have a sermon on acculturation that a friend of mine, who is a rabbi, gave. I think I’ll ask him for permission to put it up.