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videos of the song on YouTube have generated millions of more
views. In 2002, Sandler released “Eight Crazy Nights,” as well.

Media like this “truly contributed to it being a sense of
pride, and hey, it’s our turn now to put forward our holiday,”
Goldman said.

Chanukah specials can provide an opportunity for characters
to navigate the complexity of interfaith relationships, a reality for
most non-Orthodox Jews. In 2003, “The O.C.” popularized the
term “Chrismukkah.” In one episode of “Friends,” Ross, dressed in
an armadillo costume, teaches his son about Chanukah.

“As interfaith marriage grew and grew and grew, and interfaith
marriages were more a reality in this country, Chanukah became
more and more ever present,” Goldman said.

Chanukah became especially important to children, who
might feel a twinge of jealousy when they see their Christian
friends partaking in Christmas celebrations (and those Christmas
presents). Children’s media has a lot to offer those children, too,
while teaching non-Jewish children about Judaism.

“An American Tail” opens with a scene of the Mousekewitz
family celebrating Chanukah. There’s also the “Rugrats” Chanukah
special, which children of the ‘90s and early 2000s recall with
nostalgia. Examples like these give children a great sense of pride
as they grow up, Goldman said.

Chanukah also fills an educational role in children’s media,
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explained Pamela Nadell, director of the Jewish Studies Program
at American University and past president of the Association for
Jewish Studies.

“It’s a part of the notion of educating our children to under-
standing the diverse groups that are in American society,” Nadell
said. “We have this sense of we’ve got Chanukah, we’ve got
Kwanzaa and we’ve got Christmas all falling at the same time. The
U.S. Post Office is going to issue a Chanukah stamp, alongside its
wealth of Christmas stamps. ... It’s a way of expressing one’s Jewish
identity, of recognizing the diversity of America’s Jews.”
Chanukah’s proximity to Christmas, and its friendly symbols
of lights, latkes and dreidels, make it an easy choice for children’s
media, said Diane Ashton, professor at Rowan University and
author of “Hanukkah in America: A History.”
“The fact that Chanukah is visible in popular media has spread
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tells people what is expected of them in many ways. It’s done that
for Chanukah.”
Th e visibility of Chanukah, compared to other Jewish holidays,
extends beyond media, too. One example is the public giant
menorah lightings that Chabad organizes in cities across the
country. Th ere aren’t giant seder plates, Goldman noted, or giant
sukkahs on Park Avenue.

Th at is all despite the fact that Chanukah is a minor Jewish
holiday. As the Jewish mom in “Th e Hebrew Hammer” tells her
crime-fi ghting son aft er he saves Chanukah: “It isn’t even one of
the High Holidays. Now, if you had saved Yom Kippur or Passover,
you might have what to brag about.”
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