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bariweiss.substack.com on Nostr: bariweiss.substack.com ✍️ The article celebrates the intersection of Christmas ...



✍️ The article celebrates the intersection of Christmas and Hanukkah, highlighting the Jewish Americans who wrote beloved Christmas tunes.
👉 Christmas and Hanukkah fall on the same day for the first time since 2005
👉 The author is Jewish and celebrates Christmas with a Chinese meal
👉 Many popular Christmas songs were written by Jewish Americans
👉 These songs focus on secular themes, such as winter and romance, rather than Christian themes

#EliLake #TheEditors #RockefellerCenter #entertainment


It was Jewish Americans like Irving Berlin who drew on Yiddish and the rhythms and chords of traditional cantorial music to create our most beloved Christmas tunes.
https://www.thefp.com/p/eli-lake-jews-wrote-your-favorite-christmas-songs-irving-berlin

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