NEW YORK (AP/CBS 2/1010 WINS) -- It's not your mother's dreidel song. A singing group from Yeshiva University has a Hanukkah hit on their hands. The Maccabeats' "Candlelight'' is sung to the tune of ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- What better way to celebrate the Festival of Lights than with song? The Maccabeats rose to Internet fame in 2010 with their hit Chanukah song, "Candlelight." The all-male a ...

The Maccabeats are following up last year's Hanukkah hit "Candlelight" (a cover of Taio Cruz's "Dynamite") with a new version of Chassidic reggae-rapper Matisyahu's "Miracle." While the latter's made ...

Ever since the Maccabeats' "Candlelight" video hit the Internet, causing an instant sensation late last year, Wendy Bennett and others have worked to get the group to come to Stamford. And, on ...

In 2010 the Maccabeats became famous for their Hanukkah song “Candlelight,” which was a cover of Mike Tompkins’ “Dynamite,” which was itself a cover of Taio Cruz’s“Dynamite.” After their delightful ...

The Maccabeats — "everyone's favourite all-male Orthodox Jewish a cappella group" — are kicking off this season's eight-day festival with a cover of the song "Miracle" by reggae artist Matisyahu.

They’re Internet and concert sensations now, but the a cappella singing group The Maccabeats didn’t start with grand ambitions. They began as a group at Yeshiva University in Manhattan. “It started as ...

NEW YORK (RNS) “The Maccabeats” are an endearing a cappella group of Orthodox Jewish guys that started at Yeshiva University in Manhattan a decade ago and became a YouTube sensation in 2010 with a fun ...