It's the 8th and final night! We're going out with a bang!
Today's film is ... wait for it ... a triple feature! First, by request:
Yentl See:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086619/ Based on a work by Isaac Bashevis Singer (so was
Fiddler on the Roof), Yentl is the story of a woman who wants to study but tradition says she can't, so she impersonates a man. Things get dicey when she falls in love with a fellow student (played by Mandy Patinkin) but is engaged to a woman (Amy Irving, remember her from
Crossing Delancey?). Of course Yentl is played by Barbra Streisand. Love her politics or hate them, it's hard to argue with her singing voice.
Our second film is:
The Chosen:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082175/ It takes place in the 40s and stars Maximilian Schell and Robby Benson.
Our third film is:
The Frisco Kid, with Harrison Ford and Gene Wilder. Wilder plays a rabbi, sent to America to make his fortune and find a wife. He's sent West, and needs a guide and ....
Oh, and as you may know a little birdie (one of my favorite A2Kers, actually
) gave me some Chanukah songs. So we're going out with a mess o' Chanukah tuneage.
Good Yontif!
Barenaked Ladies
Hanukkah Blessings
Quote:How lucky are we that we
Have lights so that we can see
All though the day is done
What a miracle that a spark
Lifts these candles out of the dark
Every evening one by one
Until the end of Hanukkah
Of Hanukkah
With the jingle bells and the toys
And the TV shows and the noise
It's easy to forget
At the end of the day
Our whole family will say
These words for Hanukkah:
Barukh Atah
ADONAI Elohaynu Melekh h'olom
asher kid'shanu b'mitzvotav v'tzivanu
l'hadlik nehr shel hannukah
We light the candles for Hanukkah
For Hanukkah
We remember how Maccabees
Fought so all of us could be free
So we celebrate
On this festival of the lights
There's a joyful time every night
Where we illuminate
The candles of Hanukkah
Of Hanukkah
Barukh atah ADONAI
Elohaynu Melekh ha'olom
She'asah neesim l'avotaynu
bayamim hahem ba'zman hazeh
Hanukkah
Hanukkah
Barenaked Ladies
Hanukkah Oh Hannukkah
Quote:Oh Hanukkah, Oh, Hanukkah
Come light the menorah
Let's have a party
We'll all dance the hora
Gather round the table,
We'll give you a treat
Sevivon to play with latkes to eat
And while we are playing
The candles are burning low
One for each night, they shed a sweet light
To remind us of days long ago
One for each night, they shed a sweet light
To remind us of days long ago
I Have a Little Dreidel
Traditional (I learned this one in Hebrew School)
Quote:I have a little dreidel,
I made it out of clay.
And when it's dry and ready,
Oh dreidel I shall play.
(Chorus)
Oh dreidel, dreidel, dreidel,
I made it out of clay;
And when its dry and ready,
Then dreidel I shall play.
It has a lovely body,
With legs so short and thin.
And when it gets all tired,
It drops and then I win.
(Chorus)
Woody Guthrie
Hanuka Flame
Quote:Hanuka candlelight, see my flame
Shining on my window's pane;
Come flicker across my glassy glass
And light each lonesome to pass.
If your lifelong heavy load
Brings you down my path and down my road,
My light of Hanuka shines your way
To ask you in to rest a day.
Hanuka candle dances warm
To help you weather your heavy storm;
Shines like my lighthouse light this night
To bring your worried soul my light
Now as I light my first and my last
Of all nine candles to guide you past
Through these winds of blowing snows
To take you to your Hanuka home.
If you don't wish to stop inside;
Too bashful proud, or afraid of pride,
I'll send my beam to light your dream
Under your snow, where my newgrass hides.
Woody Guthrie
Honeyky Hanuka
Quote:Honeyka Hanuka 'round and around,
Honeycake Hanuka, eat them down,
Latkes and goody things all over town,
It's Honeyky Hanuka time.
It's Honeyky Hanuka, shaky my hand,
My candles are burning all over this land,
To light the dark road for the man passing by,
It's Honeyky Hanuka time.
It's Honeyky Hanuka, kissy my cheek,
The light in my window it burns for a week
I'll open my present and take a little peek,
It's Honeyky Hanuka time.
It's Honeyky Hanuka, makes me feel glad,
This box for mother and this box for dad,
For sister and brother, nice ribbons I'll tie,
It's Honeyka Hanuka time.
It's Honeyky Hanuka, huggy me tight,
It's Hanukah day, and it's Hanukah night,
If you've got no money, well, that's all right.
It's Honeyky Hanukah time.
It's Honeyka Hanuka, kiss my some more,
We'll sing and go dancing around on the floor,
Your kiss is nicer than cakes from the store,
It's Honeyky Hanukah time.
It's Honeyky Hanuka, brushy my hair,
Let's dance a big horah and jump in the air,
You look lots prettier to me every year
At Honeyky Hanukah time.
See you all at the Purim celebration/Passover Seder next year!!
Welcome to Night #6! To continue our multimedia Chanukah celebration, today's film is: The Jazz Singer: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0018037/ The first well-known talkie (and, I think, the first musical), is about a guy whose Dad just wants him to go into the family biz and become a Cantor. But the kid's got his own plans. Al Jolson was originally named Asa Yoelson, yanno.
