[HANASHIR:15260] 2x/year Jews

[WINSTON WEILHEIMER <nusach...>]

2x/year jews.....they have a name....

they are called....








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>From: "K. B." <kbmusic (at) beethoven(dot)com>
>Reply-To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
>To: <hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org>
>Subject: [HANASHIR:15259] Re: High Holy Day choices
>Date: Fri,  5 Sep 2003 13:13:40 -0400
>
>It has always been clear to me that those 2x/year congregants are just that 
>by choice!  If they wish to see what is happening at temple the rest of the 
>year, they would do so... no excuses!
>People find all sorts of justifications to excuse their behavior.... 
>Blaming music (or anything else)is just silly excuse-making.
>Karen
>
>  ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>From: "Lisa Baydush" <LisaB (at) GDSInc(dot)com>
>Reply-To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
>Date:  Wed, 3 Sep 2003 05:00:57 -0400
>
> ><So, though someone posted that perhaps it is the community is different 
>for
> >the HHD (with the 2x/year worshippers), I would pose that perhaps the 
>music
> >chosen keeps those who are attending for the first time in a while from
> >feeling connected and wanting to come back.>
> >
> >
> >
> >I agree!  Our congregation likes to keep HHD services classically reform 
>and
> >very grand.  It seems to me that this approach only reinforces many 
>2x/year
> >worshippers' views that the services are a performance and discourages 
>them
> >from wanting to come back to try more innovative Shabbat services, which
> >they assume will be like the HHD services.  It seems to me the perfect 
>time
> >to showcase a different style of service.
> >
> >
> ><Many contemporary pieces not only offer more "singable" melodies but 
>they
> >also offer more English, and English in a form that for some people, 
>allows
> >them for the first time to understand and connect to the prayers - seeing
> >them as relevant, not just words to say.>
> >
> >
> >
> >Amen!
> >
> >
> >
> >Lisa Baydush
>
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