Hanukkah Lights 2016 and Chanukkah in Story and Song: tonight’s “Evening Concert”

Tonight at 7:00 on the Evening Concert on WILL-FM 90.9 “The New York Philharmonic This Week” is pre-empted so that we can bring you two Holiday Specials: “Hanukkah Lights 2016” and “Chanukah in Story and Song” hosted by Leonard Nimoy.

Thursday December 29: Holiday Specials

(pre-empts The New York Philharmonic This Week")

Hanukkah Lights 2016 and

Chanukkah in Story and Song            

Hanukkah Lights is a perennial NPR favorite with all new Hanukkah stories for 2016. Authors include R.L. Maizes with more authors TBA. Hosted by Susan Stamberg and Murray Horwitz.

This hour-long Chanukah favorite (Chanukkah in Story and Song) returns: A celebration by The Western Wind performing Ladino songs of Spanish Jews, Yiddish melodies of Eastern Europe and modern Israeli tunes. Leonard Numoy hosts

(Chanukah started at sundown on Saturday, December 24 and ends Sunday, January 1)