A Senator’s Gift to the Jews, Nonreturnable

[undeterred]

WASHINGTON — The canon of Hanukkah songs written by Mormon senators from Utah just got a little bigger. Senator Orrin G. Hatch, a solemn-faced Republican with a soft spot for Jews and a love of Barbra Streisand, has penned a catchy holiday tune, “Eight Days of Hanukkah.”

The video was posted Tuesday night on Tablet, an online magazine of Jewish lifestyle and culture, just in time for Hanukkah. Known around the Senate as a prolific writer of Christian hymns and patriotic melodies, Mr. Hatch, 75, said this was his first venture into Jewish music. It will not be his last.

“Anything I can do for the Jewish people, I will do,” Mr. Hatch said in an interview before heading to the Senate floor to debate an abortion amendment. “Mormons believe the Jewish people are the chosen people, just like the Old Testament says.”

In short, he loves the Jews. And based on an early sampling of listeners, the feeling could be mutual.

Hatch's video: Eight Days of Hannukah http://www.tabletmag.com/arts-and-culture/music/21886/eight-days-of-hanukkah-video/

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/09/us/politics/09hanukkah.html

:shrug:

[spanone]

1. his ego is bigger than the internet

[Drunken Irishman]

2. Haven't the Jews suffered enough?

[cali]

3. .......

:rofl:

[anonymous171]

7. .

:spray:

[cliffordu]

9. Well...

:rofl:

[arcadian]

4. Don't the Jews fit into the fundy Apocalypse scenario

Like they will convert to Christianity or be annihilated or something.

[undeterred]

5. Yes.

Apocalyptic Christianity likes Jews just as Colonel Sanders likes chicken.

[classysassy]

6. Yo Orrin

when are you going to pen a catchy little tune about the blacks,that would really make M's Knight and the pips happy.

[rockymountaindem]

8. Ehhh... what's the worst that could happen?

If he spent more time singing and less time being an obstructionist, we'd be better off. So everybody make sure you tell him how much you like his music!