{"id":58256,"date":"2020-12-04T14:30:52","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T20:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=58256"},"modified":"2020-12-04T14:31:05","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T20:31:05","slug":"watch-daveed-diggs-new-puppy-for-hanukkah-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/watch-daveed-diggs-new-puppy-for-hanukkah-song\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Daveed Diggs\u2019 new \u2018Puppy for Hanukkah\u2019 song"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(JTA) \u2014 There\u2019s a long history of Jewish artists releasing parody songs for Hanukkah, but this year\u2019s most catchy addition to the holiday canon may be Daveed Diggs\u2019 new rap, \u201cPuppy for Hanukkah.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_58259\" style=\"width: 286px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/DaveedDiggs_Alan_crop.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-58259\" class=\"wp-image-58259 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/DaveedDiggs_Alan_crop-276x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"276\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/DaveedDiggs_Alan_crop-276x300.jpg 276w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/DaveedDiggs_Alan_crop-942x1024.jpg 942w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/DaveedDiggs_Alan_crop-768x835.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/DaveedDiggs_Alan_crop.jpg 1104w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 276px) 100vw, 276px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 276px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 276\/300;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-58259\" class=\"wp-image-58259 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/DaveedDiggs_Alan_crop-276x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"276\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/DaveedDiggs_Alan_crop-276x300.jpg 276w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/DaveedDiggs_Alan_crop-942x1024.jpg 942w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/DaveedDiggs_Alan_crop-768x835.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/DaveedDiggs_Alan_crop.jpg 1104w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 276px) 100vw, 276px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-58259\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daveed Diggs with CCJN editor Alan Smason in 2015 at the Richard Rodgers Theater. (Photo courtesy Alan Smason)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The song \u2014 about a kid hoping to receive a puppy as a present \u2014 is set against a klezmer-style clarinet melody and includes a recitation of the blessing over the menorah.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know what it means but I learned it phonetic,\u201d Diggs says after reciting the blessing in Hebrew.<br \/>\nDiggs is best known for his starring roles as the Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson in the original cast of the megahit musical \u201cHamilton,\u201d which also premiered in a recorded stage version on Disney+ this summer. Diggs is Jewish and attended Hebrew school as a kid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy mom is a white Jewish lady and my dad is black,\u201d Diggs told Broadway.com in 2015. \u201cThe cultures never seemed separate \u2014 I had a lot of mixed friends. When I was young, I identified with being Jewish, but I embraced my dad\u2019s side, too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPuppy for Hanukkah\u201d stars three kids lip-syncing the lyrics sung by Diggs. The song follows the eight days of Hanukkah as the kids hope for a puppy and instead receive gifts of socks, hats, mittens and even an umbrella. Finally on the eighth night, the kids receive the prized puppy, which they name Monica because, of course, it rhymes with Hanukkah.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Daveed Diggs - Puppy for Hanukkah\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gbxyZAduGvY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"WATCH%3A%20Daveed%20Diggs%E2%80%99%20new%20%E2%80%98Puppy%20for%20Hanukkah%E2%80%99%20song\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":58259,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[823,7137,7122],"tags":[8834,11041,8790],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58256"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58256"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58260,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58256\/revisions\/58260"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}