[HANASHIR:14707] Re: secular music

[Ruth Levenstein <RuthEllen...>]

I apologize for responding to this thread without having thoroughly read 
all the responses but - well - I have a life to live.

I think that one of the things we do as Jewish educators is model how we 
integrate our secular world with our Jewish world.  I think a song 
leader interjecting secular music into their program is equivalent to 
the rabbi mentioning popular television shows or current events in their 
sermons or classes, either to make a specific point OR just to remind 
everyone the he/she lives in the same world as all of the rest of us. 
Certainly finding a Jewish meaning in secular material is an appropriate 
liberal approach.

I think we need to let our song leaders have their own styles and to be 
themselves because it is by putting themselves out there fully that they 
will be the most effective and be the best models of Jewish living.

Thanks,

Ruth


------------------------ hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org -----------------------+