{"id":313,"date":"2010-12-02T14:46:55","date_gmt":"2010-12-02T14:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/2010\/12\/matisyahu-a-capella-group-provide-new-tunes-for-hanukkah-2010.html"},"modified":"2010-12-02T14:46:55","modified_gmt":"2010-12-02T14:46:55","slug":"matisyahu-a-capella-group-provide-new-tunes-for-hanukkah-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2010\/12\/matisyahu-a-capella-group-provide-new-tunes-for-hanukkah-2010.html","title":{"rendered":"Hanukkah 2010 Soundtrack: Matisyahu, Maccabeats & Bieber\/Kanye\/Enrique Parodies Light Up the Holiday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Updated to add the Maccabeats link <\/a>and video.<\/em><\/p>\n

Hanukkah tunes have come a long way since my suburban New York public school had us singing “The Dreidel Song” and a couple of obscure Hebrew ditties to balance out all the Christmas carols. First came Adam Sandler’s mid-90s “Chanukah Song<\/a>,” featuring his list of Jewish celebrities (which he updated in 1999 <\/a>and 2002<\/a>). Then came South Park’s <\/em>“A Jew on Christmas<\/a>” and “Hanukkah<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

This year’s additions to the Hanukkah songbook include Hasidic Jewish reggae artist Matishayu’s “Miracle,” <\/a>and some fun a capella parodies from Yeshiva University’s Maccabeats <\/a>(who turn “Dynamite” into “Candlelight” and Six13<\/a> (whose medley turns Justin Bieber’s “Baby” into “Dreidel,” Kayne West’s “Heartless” into “Latkes,” and Enrique Iglesias’ “I Like It” into “I Light It”).<\/p>\n

Check the new music videos out here:<\/p>\n

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Any others I should know about? Share your thoughts in the Comments section below.<\/p>\n

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