Jimmy Fallon Launches #HanukkahSongs

By Anne Cohen December 16, 2014

It’s Hanukkah, or that time of the year that Jews listen enviously to Christmas songs, wishing we had something better than “Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel.” Well, guys, Jimmy Fallon feels your pain.

Last Thursday, the “Tonight Show” host asked viewers to tweet out their Hanukkah-ized versions of famous songs. Here are some of our personal favorites:

@jimmyfallon Lox Lox Lox Lox Lox Lox Lox Lox Lox Lox Lox Lox Lox #HanukkahSongs

— Jeff Casey (@Jeffcasey53) December 10, 2014

Hold me Kosher, tiny dancer #HanukkahSongs

— Faran Jane (@faranjane) December 10, 2014

Ra Ra Hanukkah Ra Ma Menorah Ga Ga Yamaka, don’t want your bad Christmas #HanukkahSongs

— emma (@emmacalex96) December 11, 2014

Anne Cohen was the Forward’s deputy digital media editor. When she’s not looking for the secret Jewish history of Voodoo in New Orleans, or making lists about Ruth Bader Ginsburg, she writes for The Assimilator. She graduated from the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism with an M.S. magazine concentration in 2012.

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