[HANASHIR:9884] Re: Patriotic songs

[Eric Simon <erics...>]

At 01:30 PM 9/20/2001 +0000, Dr. Alan Mason wrote:
>At Temple Israel in Miami we began Erev Rosh Hashana with "America The 
>Beautiful," and we began Rosh Hashana morning with "God Bless America."  In 
>my ten years at Temple Israel, its the first time I can recall singing 
>American patriotic song.  It worked extremely effectively!

FWIW, another data point:

We started our congregational back-to-school assembly with Hatikva and
America the Beautiful, before moving on to strictly Jewish songs (Mi
Sheberach, Kol Ha'Olam Kulo, Oseh Shalom, etc etc)

-- Eric


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