“Hava Nagila” is one of those songs, like “Celebration” and “Auld Lang Syne,” that brings back memories and gets stuck in one’s head. In fact, “Hava Nagila” is so ingrained in American pop culture ...

As I note in this recent article, 17-year-old American Jewish gymnast Alexandra Raisman is joining the growing list of competitors who have hoped to ride Hava Nagila to an Olympic medal. Here’s ...

You may not know all the words to the Jewish staple "Hava Nagila," but you probably know the tune. Roberta Grossman wants to show the unlikely... I grew up on "Hava Nagila," and I'll admit it's not ...

For more than a decade, the Jazz have celebrated home victories by playing “Hava Nagila,” the Hebrew staple of Jewish weddings and bar and bat mitzvah parties. A few years ago, Rachel Picado attended ...

The Saratoga Jewish Community Arts presents Hava Nagila: The Movie, on Sunday, May 1 at Temple Sinai at 7 p.m. The film is a slight, but very satisfying, and at times surprisingly moving documentary ...

Roberta Grossman’s new film explores the phenomenon behind the iconic folk song and offers some perspective on why it has been so beloved — and so hated — over the years. NEW YORK (JTA) — You’re at a ...

There’s an air of forced excitement about putting “The Movie” in a title, like a tipsy party guest dragging someone on the dance floor against his will. And what do you know? Getting out on the floor ...

Born in Ukraine, raised in Palestine, the toast of the Catskills and the inevitable guest star at countless Jewish celebrations the world over, the song “Hava Nagila” has pulled many a goy (and I’d ...

MOBILE, Alabama--What song do Harry Belafonte, Bob Dylan and Bar and Bat Mitzvah bands all across the land have in common? Why, "Hava Nagila," of course. Belafonte's 1959 Carnegie Hall performance of ...

Whether you love it or you hate it, you know it: "Hava Nagila." Maybe you grew up listening to Harry Belafonte's rendition, or found yourself in a chair being hoisted into the air by a singing crowd ...

Roberta Grossman's documentary details the history of the bar mitzvah mainstay that has been covered by the likes of Elvis, Glen Campbell and Bruce Springsteen. By THR Staff Hava Nagila Film Still - H ...