[HANASHIR:12880] Re: off music topic/educating the public on Chanukah

[Danielkare <Danielkare...>]

Yes this rings a LOUD bell.  I have memories of my own elementary school 
experience in Kentucky, being the only Jewish student, and presenting a 
wonderful Chanukah card which told the whole story in rhyme (wish I still had 
that card!) during the annual holiday program.  (I vaguely remember one other 
part of the same program, which went, "Lucia was a girl who was blind and 
cured..." which became a family joke for many years...and unfortunately I 
have no idea who Lucia was....)

I don't take the kind of misunderstanding described in some recent posts as 
antisemitism as much as just plain ignorance.  Sometimes it seems it has been 
my job to educate the whole nonJewish world about things Jewish (lectures on 
kashrut, Shabbat, Rosh Hashana, etc.).  I put out my Chanukah decorations in 
my office today and have already gotten several comments.  I often give 
people my holiday songs recording when they ask a lot of questions.  Music is 
truly the great eductor.

-Karen Daniel
<A HREF="www.karendaniel.com">www.karendaniel.com</A>