91: A Happy Hanukkah: Candlelight for Rebecca

Dolls of Our Lives

Allison Horrocks and Mary Mahoney

Society & Culture, History

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2022

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

For the third Rebecca book, author Jacqueline Dembar Greene drew on her childhood experiences to explore what makes a day on the calendar a “national holiday.” When Rebecca is pressured to make a Christmas decoration at school, she feels conflicted. Not only does her family not celebrate Christmas, she is getting ready for Hanukkah and thinking about her place in the festivities. So, on top of her homework and friendships, Rebecca finds herself involved in some secret gift plans…and a complex pigeon situation. We chat about Dembar Greene’s heartfelt Hanukkah story, recent music news, and an excellent remix by a listener.

Read more about "The Americanization of Hanukkah" here: https://www.brandeis.edu/now/2014/december/americanization-of-hanukkah.html

Learn more about the ”pigeon lady” in Central Park in November, 1981: https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/11/28/The-pigeon-lady-of-Central-Park/3161375771600/

Time Stamps:

00:00-11:50 - We talk pop culture (90 Day Fiance, Mariah Carey Songwriter Hall of Fame induction, Windsor, CT House Tours)

11:50-1:05:15 We Talk Rebecca, Book 3

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0:00.0	Have something really major to tell you.
0:02.5	I'm listening.
0:03.7	There has been one top verab in my life since 9th grade and now I have another one.
0:09.5	Okay, who's that?
0:10.9	So we apparently threw out a challenge into the world and we said
0:14.2	someone please recreate Rebecca Black's Friday,
0:17.6	but make it in line with the Rebecca Ruben books and the Rebecca Ruben world.
0:22.8	And a verab did just that.
0:24.7	Oh my god. Okay, let's not even waste any time.
0:28.5	Let's hear some.
0:58.5	Oh, this isn't done.
1:00.5	Gotta catch my service. I see my friends.
1:04.0	There's an open left seat. There's an open right seat.
1:08.4	Gotta make my mind up which seat can I take.
1:14.1	It's Friday, Friday. Gotta get the shoe on Friday.
1:19.2	Everybody's looking forward to the Shabbos. Shabbos.
1:23.2	Daven and Daven and Daven and Daven and Fun, Fun, Fun, Fun, Fun.
1:38.3	Book them forward to their Shabbos at 45.
1:48.1	Welcome everyone to American Girls.
1:50.0	This is the podcast where we're reliving the American Girl Series book by book.
1:54.7	I'm Mary. I'm still Allison.
1:57.1	We're huge fans now of your musical periodist, amazing artist,
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