[HANASHIR:14807] Re: Imagine - the song

[rahel <rahel...>]

Hi Ruth - It all sounds wonderful. I would like to point out that the 
Scouts is a secular entity. I believe our discussion about the use of 
"Imagine" was focused around using the song in a more religious setting - 
though I may be wrong.

Rahel



At 12:44 PM 7/3/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>I saw the Israeli scouts last week and they performed the song "Imagine" 
>as a tribute to Colonel Ramon.  They quoted him saying that the world 
>looked different from outer space - no borders.  They sang verses in 
>english and Hebrew.  They did not sing the 'no religion' verse in english 
>and I only understood isolated words and phrases in the hebrew.
>
>The show had a very different flavor from the one I saw two years ago, one 
>year into this intafada.  They did not talk about army service as they 
>have in the past and they did not display a map of Israel.  They did talk 
>about terrorism and it's effect on children.  They started with the early 
>pioneers and they ended with the belief that peace is possible.
>
>Ruth

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