Hanukkah Rocks

Hanukkah Rocks
Hanukkah Rocks
Studio album by The LeeVees
Released	October 25, 2005
Genre	Alternative rock
Label	Reprise/Warner Bros. Records ; 49498
Producer	Peter Katis

Last updated November 30, 2021

Hanukkah Rocks is a 2005 album by The LeeVees.

Track listing

“Latke Clan”
“Apple Sauce vs. Sour Cream”
“Goyim Friends”
“At the Timeshare”
“How Do You Spell Channukkahh?”^[1]
“Kugel”
“Jewish Girls (at the Matzoh Ball)”
“Gelt Melts”
“Nun, Gimmel, Heh, Shin”
(Hidden track)
“Holiday”

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