Chanukah oh Chanukah
This person wrong "The Chanukah Song"
Who is Adam Sandler?
This Yiddish-derived word describes both audacity and unacceptable behaviour, depending on tone.
What is chutzpah?
This physicist, known for his work on relativity, won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921.
Who is Albert Einstein?
This relative of Jake or Dave was famous for having climbed up onto his roof when he was over 100 years old.
Who was Uncle Harry?
This is the Hebrew word for dedication.
What is Chanukah?
To complain continuously, often about things that will not change.
What is to kvetch?
This Israeli-American architect designed iconic museums and synagogues and was known for blending modernism with Jewish symbolism.
Who is Moshe Safdie?
3 months after your bar mitzvah and your mom is nagging you to finish writing these.
What are thank you cards?
Jake and Dave had an older sister named Vera. She was married twice. After her first husband passed away she married this man and he hosted a radio show in this language.
Who was Noah Whitman and what is Yiddish?
This is the location of the world's biggest chanukiah.
What is Grand Army Plaza, NYC?
So emotionally moved you can barely speak, but in a restrained way.
What is farklempt?
This singer-songwriter, born in Duluth, Minnesota, converted to Judaism in the 1960s.
Who is Bob Dylan?
You better phone this person at least twice a day or they will say "it's ok, you don't need to call."
Who is your mother?
Sam and Manya Hussman's children included Jake and Dave. Jake and Dave never met this oldest sibling, who passed away as a young child.
Who was Gershon?
The first day of Chanukah according to the Hebrew Calendar.
What is the 25th of Kislev?
A mild, dismissive exhalation that ends a conversation without ending it.
What is "feh?"
This fashion designer, originally from Latvia, became famous for iconic handbags and luxury goods worldwide.
Who is Michael Kors?
A Jewish parent, beaming at her 3 children as they grow in hopes that they become the following professionals.
What is a doctor, a lawyer, and an accountant.
It took Jake and Dook's father, Sam Hussman, 2 attempts to come to America. The first time he was sent back. When he arrived in North America the second time, he was allowed to enter at this port City.
What is Galveston, Texas?
44 of these are needed for a complete celebration.
What are chanukah candles?
To chat or converse in a friendly, persuasive, or flattering way.
What is schmooze?
Jewish-American wrote the song "God Bless America."
Who is Irving Berlin?
This item is given generously, judged silently, and remembered forever.
A wedding gift.
In 1931, Sam Hussman was named in an article in the local newspaper. At the time, Sam had a grocery store and the article written was about a robbery at the store. The thief was caught having stolen these 2 items and was fined $10.
What are 2 live chickens?