[HANASHIR:8835] Re: Yom HaShoah Lesson

[Meris Ruzow <meris...>]

Friends:  I just wanted to share a lesson I did today in case you ever find
yourself in a similar position;   At the day school where I teach, there was
an all day commemoration of YH with different activities; films, interviews,
stories, etc.   The 7th grade did a beautiful job singing "Rose in December"
(Doug Cotler) & "My Shtetl is Burning" (in yiddish) and our 6th graders sang
Kol B'Seder's "Yesh Kochavim."    The visitors to the assembly where these
songs were sung, poetry read, people memorialized, etc. were just astounded
that there is such beautiful music available for students to sing to
commemorate this day.   In addition to that, I did have a few classes (4th,
5th & 6th grades) come for regular music.   Being the kind of day that this
is, we did the following which I highly recommend:  There is a CD out called
"Innocent Voices" by Lost Planet Records, Inc. which took some of the
poetry written by the children of Terezin and put it to music.  The music is
composed and conducted by John Federico.  There are lovely voices on the
recording as well as a superb childrens' choir.   I copied the words to
about 3 of the songs, and as a class we went over the text, talked about how
Terezin was supposed to be a "camp with culture" but yet, we all know the
reality.  After we discussed the texts, I played a few selections from the
CD and it was very moving.   The kids and I lay on the floor, comfortable
and just talked and listened.   It was very meaningful and I hope if you're
ever faced with teaching on this type of day, that you'll look into this CD
and the tunes mentioned above.
Kol tuv,
Meris Ruzow
meris (at) nycap(dot)rr(dot)com

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Klepper <jeffklepper (at) yahoo(dot)com>
To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org <hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org>
Date: Thursday, April 19, 2001 10:04 AM
Subject: [HANASHIR:8833] Jewish Elvis?


>This provocative exchange takes place during an interview with Greil
Marcus,
>one of the most (if not the most) interesting American pop culture critics,
>and Jewish, of course.
>
><<Dave: Why is Elvis such a bedrock of American popular culture? Is Elvis
>American popular culture, period? Is he at the heart of everything?
>
>Marcus: He really is, for a whole lot of different reasons. If you go back
>into his genealogy, you find out there's a very high probability that he's
>Jewish.>>
>
>While Marcus does not support the statement, the entire interview is at:
>
>http://www.powells.com/authors/marcus.html
>
>Jeff Klepper
>
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