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Handel’s ‘Judas Maccabaeus’ comes to Wilshire Blvd. Temple

Rick Schultz December 2, 2015

Although George Frideric Handel’s oratorio “Judas Maccabaeus” has come to be associated with Chanukah, it actually never touches on the miracle that the holiday commemorates: that a single day’s worth of oil lasted eight days.

Flash! Handel’s Chanukah Oratorio in Yiddish

Carvin Knowles November 25, 1999

In a concert entitled \”The Light of Helfman-Generations of Music from the Brandeis-Bardin Institute\”, which celebrates Max Helfman, founder of Brandeis Bardin\’s Summer Arts Institute, the LAJS will inaugurate its sixth season with a performance of Handel\’s triumphant \”Judas Maccabeus\” in a Yiddish translation by Helfman.

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Handel’s ‘Judas Maccabaeus’ comes to Wilshire Blvd. Temple

Flash! Handel’s Chanukah Oratorio in Yiddish

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