[HANASHIR:8063] Re: What makes a song Jewish (Tu B'Shevat songs)

[Rglauber <Rglauber...>]

In a message dated 1/24/01 5:28:43 PM, erics (at) radix(dot)net writes:

<< our kids, particularly those
in Sunday schools, are getting nowhere near the education that prior
generations did.  (Not for nothing does Eric Yoffie assert that we are the
most Jewishly illiterate generation in history).
 >>

Eric,

You used this argument to extol a Jewish education model based on Hebrew 
language, content and literacy (I would imagine).  We'll do our own songs, 
we'll give the students lots of content because we are the most Jewishly 
illiterate generation in history.

I see this as based on fear.  As in, the fear that we're losing our identity, 
fear of intermarriage etc.   Ironically, I believe that it is this very model 
which has caused people to turn away.  Because it's based on fear.

Better we should teach a Judaism based on love.  One that feels positive, 
that instills confidence.  .  To base the success of Jewish Education in 
America 2001, on literacy and content is to make a mistake.  

Rich Glauber

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