[HANASHIR:14419] Singing in Hebrew

[I. Oppenheim <i.oppenheim...>]

From: Jag121842 (at) aol(dot)com
To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
Subject: [HANASHIR:14402] A slightly different question
Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 02:19:32 EDT

 > I personally think that it is better to use more
 > music in English or in both Hebrew and English so
 > that kids can actually understand what they're
 > saying.

I think that the basic attitude should be that it is
fun to sing songs in a foreign language!

If you give the kids the feeling that it's self-evident
to you to sing in Hebrew or Yiddish, it will become
self-evident to the kids as well. It is part of your
culture, and it will become part of their culture.

There is no need to translate every word, as long as
the general message of a song is clear.


 Groeten,
 Irwin Oppenheim
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