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Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/09/us/politics/09hanukkah.html
A Senator's Gift to the Jews, Nonreturnable
(New York Times) Mark Leibovich - Senator Orrin Hatch, a solemn-faced Republican from Utah with a soft spot for Jews and a love of Barbra Streisand, has penned a catchy holiday tune, "Eight Days of Hanukkah." The video was posted Tuesday on Tablet, an online magazine of Jewish lifestyle and culture, just in time for Hanukkah. Known around the Senate as a prolific writer of Christian hymns and patriotic melodies, Mr. Hatch, 75, said this was his first venture into Jewish music. "Anything I can do for the Jewish people, I will do," Mr. Hatch said in an interview. "Mormons believe the Jewish people are the chosen people, just like the Old Testament says."