Re: Chanukah in Santa Monica

[Alex J. Lubet <lubet001...>]

Slightly off-topic, but the new Adam Sandler Chanukah cartoon got a
rating of 1/2 star in the local paper here, worst I've ever seen for
anything.  I don't want to pass judgment without seeing it, but that's
pretty grim and a rather inauspicious moment in the history of Jewish
films for the 'holidays'.



Sylvia Schildt wrote:

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> thanks you've made my day, my 8 days.
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> sylvia schildt
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> sylvia schildton 11/28/02 7:01 AM, CantorJ (at) aol(dot)com at CantorJ (at) 
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>      Here are the words Sylvia requested:
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>      I'm spending Chanukah in Santa Monica
>      Wearing sandals, lighting candles by the sea.
>      I spent Shavuos in East St. Louis,
>      A charming spot, but clearly not the spot for me.
>      Those eastern winters, I can't endure 'em
>      So every year I pack my gear and come out here for Purim.
>      Rosh Hashana I spend in Arizona
>      And Yom Kippa, way down in Mississippa
>      But in December, there's just one place for me . . .
>      Amid the California flora, I'll be lighting my menorah
>      Like a baby in his cradle, I'll be playing with my dreidle
>      Spending Chanukah in Santa Monica by the sea.
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>      It repeats, adding the line "Here's to Judas Maccabeus, boy
>      if he could only see us" after the baby in his cradle line.
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>      Have fun and happy Chanukah,
>      Janice Roger
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--
Alex Lubet, Ph. D.
Morse Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor of Music
Adjunct Professor of American and Jewish Studies
Head, Division Of Composition and Music Theory
University of Minnesota
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