[HANASHIR:6788] Re:Holocaust Music

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Dear Folks,

Sorry to be so long in responding to Noah Budin's request, but I had to track 
this information down.

There is a song called "Courage" by Bob Blue that deals with a 12 year old 
girl's realization that she needs to have the courage to not tease peers, but 
rather to help them, just as some had courage during the Holocaust - a lesson 
she had just learned in class. It is an amazing song that I had heard at a 
conference on Special Education inclusion last fall. At the time I noted it 
would be equally valuable in a religious school class lesson. (Then, after 
Noah's request, I just had to find the notes!)

I was told that Bob Blue has it on an audio and video tape, but I have not 
been able to find him listed on Amazon or CDNow. I also know the music and 
words are in a book by Professor Mara Sapon-Shevin titled "Because We Can 
Change the World" which IS available at Amazon (and has terrific reviews as a 
book providing practical skills for building community in a classroom).

If anyone goes out to find it, let me know what you think. I remember tears 
running down my face as I heard it at the conference.

B'shalom,
Iris

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