[HANASHIR:14625] Re: 60s Folk Music (and 50's too)

[rahel <rahel...>]

At 08:59 AM 6/17/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>I have added folk music to the Yom Hashoah service.  We did "Blowing in 
>the Wind", "Day is Done" and "Where Have All the Flowers Gone."


The assimilation of Jews into American life saddens me - reminds me of all 
those Jews wanting to be Hellenists. However:


>Additionally, recently for a service I added "Blowing in the Wind" to 
>reflect that the Hebrew word for wind is Ruach.  I tied this together 
>stating that maybe the answer to all the questions is not as elusive as 
>the wind - but can be found within our ourselves - our spirit. B'shalom
>Karen Joseph


I'm glad you were able to remember your heritage and remind others as well. 
Maybe next time we can all find Jewish sources to bring forward our Jewish 
ideals?

Rahel