{"id":2559,"date":"2013-03-20T11:31:19","date_gmt":"2013-03-20T11:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faujsa.fau.edu\/blog\/?p=2559"},"modified":"2026-02-04T16:33:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T16:33:34","slug":"hava-nagila-the-movie-at-fau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/events-general-interest\/hava-nagila-the-movie-at-fau\/","title":{"rendered":"Hava Nagila (the movie) at FAU"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Hava-nagila.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Hava-nagila.png\" alt=\"Movie Cover of Hava Nagila\" class=\"wp-image-2560\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>This documentary is filled with nostalgia, humor, \u201cWho knew?\u201d information and old home movie clips (I could swear I saw my Aunt Sadie dancing at a Bar Mitzvah!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tracing the origins of Hava Nagila from the shtetls of Europe to Israel, and on to New York and Los Angeles, we come to understand how this song became a part of our family turning up at every Bar Mitzvah and wedding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cameos by Connie Francis, Harry Bellafonte, Irving Fields, Leonard Nimoy, and Glen Campbell feel like visits with old friends. 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