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| Summary: | American Jews prepare to celebrate rare 'Thanksgivukkah' |
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| Story No: | 919426 |
| Source: | AP TELEVISION |
| Aspect Ratio: | 16:9 |
| Date: | 11/25/2013 05:23 PM |
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American Jews are gearing up for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to jointly celebrate Thanksgiving and Hanukkah.
Thanks to a rare quirk of the calendar, the two festivals will overlap on Thursday (28 November 2013).
STORYLINE:
Singing in celebration.
These children at a Jewish school in the US state of Massachusetts are belting out the "Ballad of Thanksgivukkah" - to mark the this year's convergence of Thanksgiving and the start of Hanukkah.
The song has been co-written by Rabbi David Paskin, who is leading on guitar.
The last time the two festivals overlapped was back in 1888 and the next is 79,043 years from now - by one estimate widely shared in Jewish circles.
The joining of the secular and sacred holidays is presenting opportunities for many Jews and challenges for others.
They include concerns about everything from extra preparation and party planning to those who think they will dilute or devalue both celebrations.
Dana Gitell, a Boston area resident, is said to have trademarked the term "Thanksgivukkah" more than a year ago.
She says New England is getting ready to mark the rare convergence.
"Boston is a special place. 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 to celebrate in some ways the Jewish American experience, the immigrant experience, the way religious freedom makes America great," says Gitell.
Gitell has partnered with Atlanta-based company "Modern Tribe" to create a line of merchandise to mark "Thanskgivukkah," including tee-shirts.
Some of the proceeds are going to charity.
"The most popular item is our Woodstock inspired design. It's a Thanksgivukkah t-shirt that's based on the original Woodstock t-shirt design back from 1969," says Jennie Rivlin Roberts, President of ModernTribe.com.
"Another one is the American Gothic painting. Ours we call American Gothikkah because we've turned the painting into a Hanukkah and Thanksgiving inspired mash-up," she continues.
The joint celebrations are also giving people the chance to create a mash-up meal - adding a dash of Jewish tradition to the traditional Thanksgiving menu.
Jewish cookbook author Tina Wasserman is among those embracing the culinary challenge.
"Thanksgiving is probably the one holiday that you could put another carbohydrate on the table and nobody would notice," she says.
Wasserman has laid out a range of dishes, including latkes.
"Here's the Ethiopian sweet potato carrot latkes, using Ethiopian flavours. I'm not saying that Ethiopian Jews made latkes, they probably didn't. But it was taking our culture and our tradition and tweaking it and also making it very modern because I used flax seed or tiff as a filler instead of matzoh meal or flour," she says.
Wasserman explains that sweet potato pumpkin cazuela is another possible menu pleaser.
She says it's a "riff on the sweet potato casserole."
"It is an old Caribbean recipe uses coconut milk, brown sugar, spices. It's wonderful, it's smooth, it's very easy to make and Jews had a presence in the Caribbean."
Wasserman is also showing off a relish which has apples, pears, cranberries and grand marnier among its ingredients.
"The fact that it has orange juice and orange zest in it, and orange liquor, is really going back to the Jews and the orange trade and their significance in spreading the use of oranges and lemons throughout Europe," she says.
The lunisolar nature of the Jewish calendar makes Hanukkah and other religious observances appear to drift slightly from year to year when compared to the US, or Gregorian, calendar.
Jewish practice calls for the first candle of the eight-day Hanukkah to be lit the night before Thanksgiving Day this year, so technically "Thanksgivukkah" falls on the "second candle" night.
AP Television
Norwood, Massachusetts - 29 October 2013
1. Various of Rabbi David Paskin and children singing "Ballad of Thanksgivukkah" at Kehilla Schechter Academy Jewish school
2. Mid of menorah with leaves wrapped around it
3. Mid of children singing and waving hands in air
4. High shot of children doing art work at school
5. Mid of Paskin with children in classroom
6. Close-up of two girls in class
AP Television
Norwood, Massachusetts - 25 October 2013
7. Mid of Dana Gitell, Boston area resident who is said to have trademarked "Thanksgivukkah," looking at Facebook page
8. Mid of Gitell typing on keyboard
9. Close-up of Gitell
10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dana Gitell, Boston area resident, said to have trademarked "Thanksgivukkah:"
"Boston is a special place. 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 to celebrate in some ways the Jewish American experience, the immigrant experience, the way religious freedom makes America great."
AP Television
Atlanta, Georgia - 28 October 2013
11. Mid of Modern Tribe office
12. Close-up of worker putting Modern Tribe sticker on wrapped box
13. Zoom in on Modern Tribe website on screen, showing t-shirt
14. Mid of Jennie Roberts, President, ModernTribe.com, wearing "woodstock-inspired" t-shirt
15. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jennie Rivlin Roberts, President of ModernTribe.com:
"The most popular item is our Woodstock inspired design. It's a Thanksgivukkah T-shirt that's based on the original Woodstock T-shirt design back from 1969."
16. Close-up of tee-shirts
17. Pan across packages and boxes
AP Television
Atlanta, Georgia - 28 October 2013
18. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jennie Rivlin Roberts, President, ModernTribe.com:
"Another one is the American Gothic painting. Ours we call American Gothikkah because we've turned the painting into a Hanukkah and Thanksgiving inspired mash-up."
19. Zoom in on American Gothikkah spoof image
AP Television
Dallas, Texas - 5 November 2013
20. Close-up of sizzling latkes in pan
21. Wide of Tina Wasserman, Jewish cookbook author, cooking latkes
22. SOUNDBITE (English) Tina Wasserman, Jewish cookbook author:
"Thanksgiving is probably the one holiday that you could put another carbohydrate on the table and nobody would notice."
23. Close-up of plate of sweet potato latkes
24. SOUNDBITE (English) Tina Wasserman, Jewish cookbook author:
"Here's the Ethiopian sweet potato carrot latkes, using Ethiopian flavours. I'm not saying that Ethiopian Jews made latkes, they probably didn't. But it was taking our culture and our tradition and tweaking it and also making it very modern because I used flax seed or tiff as a filler instead of matzoh meal or flour."
25. Close-up of sweet potato pumpkin cazuela
26. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tina Wasserman, Jewish cookbook author:
"The sweet potato pumpkin cazuela is a riff on the sweet potato casserole but it is an old Caribbean recipe. It uses coconut milk, brown sugar, spices. It's wonderful, it's smooth, it's very easy to make and Jews had a presence in the Caribbean."
27. Close-up of cous-cous dish being prepared
28. Mid of dish
29. SOUNDBITE (English) Tina Wasserman, Jewish cookbook author:
"Moroccan couscous, sweet couscous, this is the made with the larger Israeli couscous and a little bit of butter and cinnamon and sugar. A small amount of cinnamon and sugar too I might add, and fruit and nuts. And it's traditional for celebratory occasions for Moroccan Jews and especially for Hanukkah."
30. Close-up of apple, pear and cranberry grand marnier relish
31. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tina Wasserman, Jewish cookbook author:
"And then to really kind of stretch it and see the connection, here is my apple pear cranberry grand marnier relish that I serve every Thanksgiving, but the fact that it has orange juice and orange zest in it, and orange liquor, is really going back to the Jews and the orange trade and their significance in spreading the use of oranges and lemons throughout Europe."
AP Television
Norwood, Massachusetts - Date unknown
32. Wide of reception desk at Kehilla Schechter Academy decorated with Thanksgiving and Hanukkah items
33. Close-up of turkey and pumpkin decorations on desk
AP Television
Location and date unknown
34. Mid of turkey shaped menorah, turkey balloon in background
AP Television
Location and date unknown
35. Close-up of "Happy thanksgivukkah" greeting card
| Subjects: | Thanksgiving , Hanukkah , Holidays , Judaism , Cookbooks , Cooking , Freedom of religion , Religion , Ethnic food , Fairs and festivals , Occasions , Lifestyle , Social affairs , Nonfiction , Books and literature , Entertainment , Arts and entertainment , Cookbooks , Food and drink , Human rights and civil liberties , Social issues , Freedom of religion , Religion and politics , Religious issues , Religious issues , Cuisines , Recreation and leisure |
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| Locations: | Massachusetts , Boston , Atlanta , Latin America and Caribbean , Caribbean , United States , North America , Georgia |
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| Summary: | American Jews will have a once in a lifetime opportunity on November 28th to celebrate the convergence of Thanksgiving and Hanukkah. The holiday mash-up has inspired a burst of creativity in New England, and beyond. (Nov. 21) |
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| Story No: | apus001456 |
| Source: | AP TELEVISION |
| Aspect Ratio: | 16:9 |
| Date: | 11/21/2013 06:13 AM |
| People: | |
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VOICEOVER SCRIPT:
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')
AP TELEVISION
Norwood, Massachusetts - October 29, 2013
1. Natsot of Rabbi David Paskin and kids singing "Ballad of Thanksgivukkah":
AP TELEVISION
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"
AP TELEVISION
Norwood, Massachusetts - October 25, 2013
5. Medium of Dana Gitell, soundup: "'we have over 8500 likes."
AP TELEVISION
Dallas - November 5, 2013
6. Closeup of sizzling latkes
AP TELEVISION
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
AP TELEVISION
Norwood, Massachusetts - October 25, 2013
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Dana Gitell, Trademarked 'Thanksgivukkah': (transcript below)
AP TELEVISION
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)
AP TELEVISION
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)
AP TELEVISION
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') !!!!"
| Subjects: | Hanukkah , Thanksgiving , Holidays , Cookbooks , Judaism , Cooking , Occasions , Lifestyle , Nonfiction , Books and literature , Entertainment , Arts and entertainment , Cookbooks , Food and drink , Religion , Social affairs |
|---|---|
| Locations: | Massachusetts , Boston , United States , North America |
| Title: | |
| Summary: | American Jews will have a once in a lifetime opportunity on November 28th to celebrate the convergence of Thanksgiving and Hanukkah. The holiday mash-up has inspired a burst of creativity in New England, and beyond. (Nov. 21) |
|---|---|
| Story No: | apus001457 |
| Source: | AP TELEVISION |
| Aspect Ratio: | 16:9 |
| Date: | 11/21/2013 06:12 AM |
| People: | |
| Subscription: |
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VOICEOVER SCRIPT:
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')
AP TELEVISION
Norwood, Massachusetts - October 29, 2013
1. Natsot of Rabbi David Paskin and kids singing "Ballad of Thanksgivukkah":
AP TELEVISION
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"
AP TELEVISION
Norwood, Massachusetts - October 25, 2013
5. Medium of Dana Gitell, soundup: "'we have over 8500 likes."
AP TELEVISION
Dallas - November 5, 2013
6. Closeup of sizzling latkes
AP TELEVISION
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
AP TELEVISION
Norwood, Massachusetts - October 25, 2013
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Dana Gitell, Trademarked 'Thanksgivukkah': (transcript below)
AP TELEVISION
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)
AP TELEVISION
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)
AP TELEVISION
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') !!!!"
| Subjects: | Hanukkah , Thanksgiving , Holidays , Cookbooks , Judaism , Cooking , Occasions , Lifestyle , Nonfiction , Books and literature , Entertainment , Arts and entertainment , Cookbooks , Food and drink , Religion , Social affairs |
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| Locations: | Massachusetts , Boston , United States , North America |
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