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  • HANSEN: Our next song, which was composed to the tune "Hava Nagila," is sung here by Lena Horne.

    The Secret Musical History Of... 'Black Sabbath'? 2010

  • HANSEN: Our next song, which was composed to the tune "Hava Nagila," is sung here by Lena Horne.

    The Secret Musical History Of... 'Black Sabbath'? 2010

  • HANSEN: Our next song, which was composed to the tune "Hava Nagila," is sung here by Lena Horne.

    The Secret Musical History Of... 'Black Sabbath'? 2010

  • HANSEN: Our next song, which was composed to the tune "Hava Nagila," is sung here by Lena Horne.

    The Secret Musical History Of... 'Black Sabbath'? 2010

  • They decided to re-form as the Idelsohn Society for Musical Preservation (named for Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, the legendary musicologist and writer of "Hava Nagila").

    Tom Teicholz: Bagels, Bongos and Josh Kun Tom Teicholz 2010

  • All of their songs are medleys; they'll begin with "Hava Nagila" then it'll turn into "Afternoon Delight."

    Heard by a Bird Sparrow 2007

  • The show, which explores the bond between peoples with a shared history of oppression, has listening stations where you can hear everything from Ethel Waters' version of "Eli, Eli," the Hebrew song based King David's lament in the 22nd Psalm, to Horne's passionate "Now!" a civil rights protest song based on "Hava Nagila," to the Yiddish-spiked jazz jive of Calloway and Slim Gaillard.

    SFGate: Top News Stories Spe datebookletters@sfchronicle.com (Jesse Hamlin 2011

  • A bunch up front started singing "Hava Nagila"; the rest of the crew joined in as the thieves brandished the bar stool.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • "Hava Nagila" (a fact Bostonist learned from the guys sitting behind us at a Sox/Sox game at Comiskey), a guy who sparked thousands of debates over whetha Nomah was betta than Jeta (he was, for a while).

    Bostonist Michael Femia 2010

  • We gave Guerrero sheet music for "Hava Nagila," gave him directions to the Pioneer Lodge at Bogus Basin and crossed our fingers.

    Boise Weekly - News, Opinion, Music, Events, Dining - Boise, Idaho 2009

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