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Hanukkah in Santa Monica

Chanukah in Santa Monica sung by The Columbus Gay Men's Chorus during their Joy! concert at King Avenue United Methodist Church. Tom Lehrer has given us so, so many immortal gifts. This year, singer Deborah Silver released a jazzy cover of the song, along with a delightful video filmed in, of course, Santa Monica, surrounded by the best Hanukkah inflatables and decor around, giving the song the excellent big band attention it has always deserved with the legendary Count Basie Orchestra.

Hanukkah in Santa Monica

"#8DaysOfChanukah The Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles performs Tom Lehrer's Chanukah In Santa Monica. Choralography by Billy Rugh. Recorded at the. But the famed satirist and mathematician, who died Saturday, July 26 at 97, wrote one of the first popular songs about a Jewish holiday. Keillor commissioned the new song from Lehrer because, he observed, Jews had written many popular Christmas songs but none for their own holidays.

Chanukah in Santa Monica

Notable recent covers have included an arrangement by the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles, a jazzy version by the singer Deborah Silver, and a Yiddish rendition that spells the title Khanike in Santa Monica. The song was a departure for Lehrer, who was born in Manhattan in and grew up in a secular Jewish family. Tom Lehrer never identified closely with his ancestral Judaism. But the famed satirist and mathematician, who died on July 26 at 97, wrote one of the first popular songs about a Jewish holiday.

New York City Gay Men’s Chorus Holiday Extravaganza

Selections include: “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home),” “Joy to the World,” “Hanukkah in Santa Monica,” “Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening,” “Put a Little Holiday in Your. But the famed satirist and mathematician, who died Saturday at 97, wrote one of the first popular songs about a Jewish holiday. Keillor commissioned the new song from Lehrer because, he observed, Jews had written many popular Christmas songs but none for their own holidays.

In Santa Monica

Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world. This video of the Los Angeles Gay Men’s Chorus performing a Hanukkah/Chanukah/Jewmas song is too cute for words. .