[HANASHIR:16484] Re: music for preschoolers

Hi Amy- I don't know if this was mentioned before, but Ellen and Peter Allard have a wonderful Tu B'Shevat song- We have used successfully at at our temple seder for the last few years. Good luck!- Sue Horowitz York, ME

>From: "Amy Fried"

>Reply-To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org

>To:

>Subject: [HANASHIR:16476] Re: music for preschoolers

>Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 15:33:47 -0500

>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"

>To:

>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 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"

> > > To:

> > > 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).

> > > >

> > > > =====

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> > > > New Rochelle, New York

> > > >

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> > > > http://tinr.org/

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