'Twas the Night Before Hanukkah

By Devon Strolovitch

Published December 15, 2022 at 9:01 AM PST

The eternal musical battle between Christmas and the Festival of Lights.

With Hanukkah beginning on Sunday, tune in the night before as we revisit a conversation with David Katznelson from the Idelsohn Society for Musical Preservation about their 2012 compilation, 'Twas the Night Before Hanukkah: The Musical Battle Between Christmas and the Festival of Lights, Saturday, December 17 at 8 pm.

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Devon Strolovitch

Devon Strolovitch studied medieval Judeo-Portuguese manuscripts and earned a PhD in Linguistics from Cornell University before coming to KALW. He is the Senior Producer of Philosophy Talk, and since 2007 has hosted Fog City Blues, the weekly digest of Blues in the Bay Area and beyond.

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'Twas the Night Before Hanukkah

The eternal musical battle between Christmas and the Festival of Lights.

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