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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Ask virtually anyone to name you a Jewish holiday, and
Hankah is probably right at the top of the list.
But it wasn't always as popular even among Jews.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
It was not an important day, didn't have nearly the
centrality of the high holidays or Passover.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
Professor Jonathan Sarno of Brandeis University literally wrote the book
on American Jewish history. Conica has been around for more
than two thousand years, but it didn't become a big
popular celebration in America until the late eighteen hundreds, partly
in response to anti Semitism. That's around when Christmas really
took off here too.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
The Puritans were opposed to Christmas.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
And as Adam Sandler notes in his Honkkah Song, young
Jewish kids quickly began to feel left out without a
Christmas tree. That's when the concept of Honakah presence began.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
It's easy to understand why Hanakah provided a good and
ready response.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
A much older customer is giving money or guilt on Knakah.
That's why you might see the chocolate coins everywhere.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
It became among the most widely observed you wish holidays
and rituals.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
The final candle was the effort by the Kabbad religious
movement to publicize the holiday with public manora lightings. We
see those everywhere today, and they began fifty years ago,
exactly in Philadelphia, Kyle Shaffeld to b Bus, Boston's news
radio
Ask virtually anyone to name you a Jewish holiday, and
Hankah is probably right at the top of the list.
But it wasn't always as popular even among Jews.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
It was not an important day, didn't have nearly the
centrality of the high holidays or Passover.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
Professor Jonathan Sarno of Brandeis University literally wrote the book
on American Jewish history. Conica has been around for more
than two thousand years, but it didn't become a big
popular celebration in America until the late eighteen hundreds, partly
in response to anti Semitism. That's around when Christmas really
took off here too.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
The Puritans were opposed to Christmas.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
And as Adam Sandler notes in his Honkkah Song, young
Jewish kids quickly began to feel left out without a
Christmas tree. That's when the concept of Honakah presence began.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
It's easy to understand why Hanakah provided a good and
ready response.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
A much older customer is giving money or guilt on Knakah.
That's why you might see the chocolate coins everywhere.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
It became among the most widely observed you wish holidays
and rituals.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
The final candle was the effort by the Kabbad religious
movement to publicize the holiday with public manora lightings. We
see those everywhere today, and they began fifty years ago,
exactly in Philadelphia, Kyle Shaffeld to b Bus, Boston's news
radio
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