The week Sandler wrote “The Chanukah Song” — after noticing a lack of songs about the holiday — happened to be the same week Barr was hosting the long-running sketch comedy show back in 1994.

Back in 1994, while still on SNL, the latter debuted “The Chanukah Song,” which he wrote due to the dearth of songs celebrating the Jewish festival during the holidays.

That’s still awesome.” In the skit, Sandler was perplexed that there was a lack of Hanukkah songs for the holiday season. Adam Sandler and Norm Macdonald on “Saturday Night Live” in 1994. SNL ...

Here’s my comprehensive compilation of the best Chanukah songs to ever exist, one for each night! Night 1: Hanukkah, Oh Hanukkah by the Barenaked Ladies Favorite Lyric: “The candles are burning low / ...

Like other Chanukah songs with lyrics or music originating in Eretz Yisrael, the broad dissemination of Chanukah, Chanukah and Mi ze hidlik in the United States as children’s songs well before ...

Attendees sang Chanukah songs, feasted on potato latkes, jelly doughnuts and hot chocolate. And the children colored pictures of dreidels, tried to guess how many dreidels were in a bowl, ...

Last year’s Jewish Federation celebration of Chanukah in Center City, which took place just two months after the events of Oct. 7, was held indoors, at the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish ...

Students at the Milton & Betty Katz Early Childhood Education Center in Margate performed Chanukah songs for families and JCC members at their annual party Thursday, Dec. 21. The performance ...

We had a candle lighting ceremony and sang Chanukah songs. The warmth and commrodity of our members was overwhelming as attendees clapped, sang, and danced the night away to many familiar tunes ...