Word: dreidels
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Genesis/Now my Ma's my nemesis") and the X-Files ("it's really complex/To analyze what's next"). Scott & Chiqui displayed impressive pop-culture name-checking ("Just last week I saw Princess Amidala/Grab Portman by the collar"), a sense of humor (somehow Roy worked in the lyrics of the dreidel song in his rap on Hanukkah). "Have you ever heard of freestyle like this?" they asked in one of the songs. "Not at Harvard, not until now," would have probably been the most appropriate response...
...laziest preacher alive. He's all talk, no action. What was he so busy with that was more important than finding the Antichrist? Fixing the Y2K bug? Eating doughy fried foods? Let's find him, Jer, and make his little Jewish head spin like a dreidel. I was pumped...
...Shlemiel the First" is the tale of a dim-witted beadle who is recruited by his town's wise men to spread the teachings of the almost as dim-witted sage, Gronam Ox (Charles Levin). The foolish sages, (or sage fools) persuade the poor man and his dreidel to travel the world for three years "and a Wednesday," hoping that his missionary trip will bring fame and recognition to their home town, Chelm. After much hemming and hawing, Shlemiel's wife and family permit him to set out on his journey, but the man never gets very...
...never knew Mexican food and [the Hanukkahgame of] dreidel made such a good combination,"said Jeremy L. Lizt...
...Shamir's aides dances in with a menorah. The Israeli delegation lights the candles, sings the prayers and exchanges gifts. Another aide brings in a plate of steaming latkes. Yet another starts a dreidel game. Shamir stands up, breaks into a smile and leads the conference participants in a round of "Rock of Ages...