[HANASHIR:16476] Re: music for preschoolers

[Amy Fried <jdkrheum...>]

Hey, btw: how about Tu B'Shevat? Nobody's mentioned it, and it's around the
corner! Any fresh ideas?
-Amy
P.S. Ilana's story is why I asked about the evolution issue.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ilana axel" <iaxel (at) yahoo(dot)com>
To: <hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 1:45 PM
Subject: [HANASHIR:16472] Re: music for preschoolers


> Perhaps I can help here, not with an opinion, but with
> an understanding. My sister-in-law, who became very
> observant in her adult life, asked my husband and I
> not to send dinosaur items as gifts to her children.
> The reason she gave was that since according to the
> Torah, the world was created 5764 years ago, dinosaurs
> could not have possibly existed. This is the only
> conflict I know about with regards to Judaism and
> dinosaurs, and I think it would concern some orthodox
> and Chasidic Jews. But my understanding is that the
> discussion here has more to do with which secular
> symbols we liberal Jews feel comfortable with, or not,
> and for what reasons. Hope this helps a tiny bit.
> Ilana
> --- Amy Fried <jdkrheum (at) verizon(dot)net> wrote:
> > Could you tell us the rest of the words to "if you
> > see two neirot hide your
> > eyes??" Sounds cute.
> >
> > Also, Rahel brings up an interesting question:
> > what's un-Jewish about a
> > dinosaur? Sure, they're not mentioned in the bible,
> > but does that make them
> > secular?
> > -Amy
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "erik contzius" <contzius (at) yahoo(dot)com>
> > To: <hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org>
> > Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 10:12 AM
> > Subject: [HANASHIR:16463] music for preschoolers
> >
> >
> > > wow, that was a large digest to sift through!
> > >
> > > i would only advocate that for the sake of
> > > preschoolers who make great affective connections
> > to
> > > their judaism at their age, that there be taught a
> > > BALANCE of music--that which teaches them in
> > English
> > > certain values/rituals of judaism, irrespective of
> > > musical form, AND that which teaches them
> > something
> > > about traditional Jewish music. I'll do silly
> > stuff
> > > like, "If you see two neirot, hide your eyes..."
> > (if
> > > you're happy and you know it) at the same time as
> > I
> > > have them all sing the traditional "Heiveinu
> > shalom
> > > aleikhem" or "zum gali gali." preschoolers will
> > grow
> > > up with positive connections to their judaism
> > based on
> > > their positive affective memories. i want to
> > ensure
> > > that those memories are both filled with
> > informative
> > > things as well as things which musically sound
> > jewish.
> > > if people want to do some dinosaur song, great.
> > but
> > > please, for the love of jewish culture, throw in
> > some
> > > simple niggunim or kick it "old school" as well.
> > let's
> > > not forget the oldies but goodies (whatever those
> > may
> > > be in your communities).
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > =====
> > > Cantor Erik L. F. Contzius
> > > New Rochelle, New York
> > >
> > > COME TO THE ROZHINKE RETREAT: http://rozhinke.org/
> > > http://community.webshots.com/user/eriklfc
> > > http://soundswrite.com/swstore1.html#howexcellent
> > > http://tinr.org/
> > >
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> =====
> Ilana Axel
> Music Director/Jewish Music Specialist/Singer
> JRF Master Teacher 2002
> Shir Hadash Reconstructionist Synagogue
> Northbrook, Illinois
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