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Norwood, Massachusetts - October 29, 2013
1. Natsot of Rabbi David Paskin and kids singing "Ballad of Thanksgivukkah":
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Atlanta - October 28, 2013
2. Pan of packages and boxes
3. Closeup of tee-shirt
4. Soundup: "We've sold almost 2,000 t-shirts, which is very high for us"
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Norwood, Massachusetts - October 25, 2013
5. Medium of Dana Gitell, soundup: "'we have over 8500 likes."
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Dallas - November 5, 2013
6. Closeup of sizzling latkes
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various - various
7. Wide of decorated reception desk at Kehilla Schechter Academy
8. Medium side shot of reception desk decor
9. Medium of turkey shaped menorah with a turkey balloon in background
10. Closeup of 'happy thanksgivukkah' greeting card
11. Gitell at computer
12. Closeup slow zoom, another 'thanksgivukkah' greeting card design
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Norwood, Massachusetts - October 25, 2013
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Dana Gitell, Trademarked 'Thanksgivukkah': (transcript below)
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Atlanta - October 28, 2013
14. Medium shot at Modern Tribe workspace
15. Medium shot zooms in on Modern Tribe website showing t-shirt
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Jennie Rivlin Roberts, ModernTribe.com: (transcript below)
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Dallas - November 5, 2013
17. Wide of cookbook author Tina Wasserman cooking up latkes
18. Wide of various 'thanksgivukkah' dishes on counter
19. Closeup of plate of sweet potato latkes
20. SOUNDBITE (English) Tina Wasserman, Jewish cookbook author: (transcript below)
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Norwood, Massachusetts - October 29, 2013
21. Natsot of Rabbi and kids singing: "like apple sauce with cranberries, turkey stuffed with fried latkes, it's clear that this is one heck of a mitzvah..."
22. Various of kids at school
23. Wide of Rabbi and kids singing, natsot up: "Happy Holidays, Thanksgivukkah ('good job') !!!!"
NATSOT: "Thanksgivukkah, Thanksgivukkah - let's celebrate across America..."
IT'S BEING CELEBRATED IN SONG...
AND IN MERCHANDISING...
"We've sold almost 2,000 t-shirts, which is very high for us"
ACROSS SOCIAL MEDIA...
(facebook page)
"'we have over 8500 likes."
AND OF COURSE, IN THE KITCHEN:
(sizzling latkes)
ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28th, MANY AMERICAN JEWS WILL CELEBRATE THE 'EXTREMELY' RARE CONVERGENCE OF THANKSGIVING AND HANUKKAH.
IT MAY NOT HAPPEN AGAIN FOR TENS-OF-THOUSANDS OF YEARS.
THE EPICENTER OF THE MERGED CELEBRATION APPEARS TO BE IN NEW ENGLAND, WHERE BOSTON RESIDENT DANA GITELL TRADEMARKED THE TERM "THANKSGIVUKKAH' MORE THAN A YEAR AGO.
SOUNDBITE: Dana Gitell, trademarked "thanksgivukkah"
"We're the closest jewish community to Plymouth Rock and where thanksgiving happened, so it's awesome to see so many people in the New England community embracing this opportunity."
GITTELL HAS PARTNERED WITH ATLANTA-BASED COMPANY "MODERN TRIBE" TO CREATE A LINE OF THANKSGIVUKKAH MERCHANDISE.
SOUNDBITE: Jennie Rivlin Roberts, ModernTribe.com
"The most popular item is our Woodstock inspired design. (over vo) Another one is the American Gothic painting. Ours we call American Gothikkah because we've turned the painting into a Hanukkah-Thanksgiving inspired mashup."
AND, OF COURSE, THERE'S THE MASH-UP 'MEAL', AND THE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO ADD SOME LATKES TO THE TRADITIONAL THANKSGIVING MENU.
SOUNDBITE: Tina Wasserman, Jewish cookbook author
"Thanksgiving is probably the one holiday that you could put another carbohydrate on the table and nobody would notice."
(SONG) "like apple sauce with cranberries, turkey stuffed with fried latkes, it's clear that this is one heck of a mitzvah...
RABBI DAVID PASKIN CO-WROTE THIS "BALLAD OF THANKSGIVUKKAH" AND SHARED IT WITH THE CHILDREN AT HIS JEWISH DAY SCHOOL NEAR BOSTON.
HE SAYS THE CONFLUENCE OF HANUKKAH AND THANKSGIVING PROVIDES A FUN, AND MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE BEING AN AMERICAN, AND A JEW.
Hannah Buchdahl, ASSOCIATED PRESS
(song - "Thanksgivukkah, Thanksgivukkah, let's celebrate.. happy holidays,thanksgivukkah!!!!!" ('good job')
