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Soon, candles will be burning
brightly on the ABC soap One Life To
Live. Chanuka candles, that is. At 2
p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 7, on WXYZ-
Channel 7, Nora Buchanan, played by
Hillary B. Smith, will be reading the
story of Chanuka to her on-air, 1-
year-old son, Matthew. That's because
the character Nora is Jewish.
"I am lighting the candle for the
fifth night," Smith says during
rehearsal on the set in the New York
City studio. "The oil lasted eight days
— it's a beautiful story."
A Taste of Chanukah (Rounder)
In the past, Nora has said Hebrew
This disc is a splendid concert
prayers during a Rosh Hashanah din-
recording
of the Chanuka special that
ner, played the dreidel game and put
runs this Sunday on PBS (see this
up a Chanuka bush.
week's Out & About). It runs the
"Even though I am of a different
gamut of Chanuka music, from a
faith, I know about Jewish holidays
wildly enthusiastic Chasidic "Al
because I dated a lot of Jewish men
Hanisim" to an old Abe Ellstein swing
before I got married," says Smith. "I
number, "The Miracle of Chanuka,"
even had a Jewish roommate who had
through a rousing gospel, Not By
me reading from the Torah — the
Might," and an eerie, quasi-Gregorian
English translation."
a cappella "Siete
They haven't shown
Ijos Tiene
a Passover seder on the
Hanna."
soap yet, but Smith
Theodore
hopes that's next. "I
Bikel and
would like to see a full
Hankus Netsky
seder, with the prayers
serve
as the back-
and food," she says.
bone
that
holds
Smith, who has
this disparate
been on One Life To
program togeth-
Live for seven years,
er, with musi-
says she is "a big fan of
cians from the
the Jewish religion —
New England
it's about family and is
Conservatory
rich in history and tra-
under Netsky's
dition. I like that."
direction
pro-
After Nora relays the
pelling
it.
The
story of the celebration
mariachi
version
of lights, she will be
Actress Hillary B. Smith lights the
of "Ocho
back to her everyday
menora on "One Life To Live."
Kandelikas" is a
trials and tribulations.
bit much, but
Nowadays, her storyline centers around
this is a delightful recording overall.
Sam, her fiance, and Bo, her ex-hus-
There's even a recipe for latkes.
band. And of course, typical in soap-
Reggae Chanukah — Alan Eder
land, there is that little matter shrouded
(Mr.
E Records)
in secrecy — who is the real father of
Halfway silly, often intentionally
Nora's little tyke?
funny but grimly earnest, this collec-
"I don't think we'll find out for a
tion of Chanuka songs to reggae and
while," Smith laughs. "But I do know
Afropop beats is actually pretty enter-
that Sam and Nora are supposed to
taining. But its primary value is as a
get married on New Years Eve."
novelty. (And how often are you going
— Alice Schwei ger to pull out a recording of Chanuka —
or Christmas — songs after the holi-
day is over?)
The OLTL Chanuka episode airs
Chanukah Is Tops —Paul Zim
2 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 7, on ABC.
(Sameach Music)
Paul Zim, a well-known Jewish