{"id":39,"date":"2005-12-15T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-12-15T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2005\/12\/ill-be-hip-for-hanukkah.html"},"modified":"2005-12-15T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2005-12-15T12:00:00","slug":"ill-be-hip-for-hanukkah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2005\/12\/ill-be-hip-for-hanukkah.html","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;ll Be Hip for Hanukkah"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n<p>The New York Times catches up with Hanukkah hipsters in its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2005\/12\/15\/fashion\/thursdaystyles\/15hanukkah.html\" target=\"_new\">Style<\/a> section today. The reporter attends a bash in a trendy Manhattan nightclub thrown by Jewcy, a group that promotes Jewish cultural awareness among young Jews, and cites it as evidence that Judaism is experiencing \u201ca Jewish hipster moment,\u201d kicked off by Adam Sandler\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.asandler.com\/lyrics\/hanukah.shtml\" target=\"_new\">Hanukkah Song<\/a>\u201d and prolonged by events like \u201cA Jewcy Chnukah\u201d\u2014featuring SNL\u2019s Rachel Dratch and Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog\u2014and the traveling variety show \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.whatilikeaboutjew.com\/\" target=\"_new\">What I Like About Jew<\/a>.\u201d The Jewish revival centers on Hanukkah, says the article, because Jews must have some response to Christian inundation at Christmas. One attendee says he asks gentile friends to imagine \u201ceverywhere you go strangers say to you, \u2018Merry Ramadan.\u2019 \u2026 You can\u2019t get into a store because people are bowing to Mecca. 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