RE: Jewish Folk Music?...Adon Olam, et al

[Janet . PAPE <Janet.PAPE...>]

Using the U of M fight song for Adon Olam may not be "...what God thinks
when God hears it..."  but it is certainly à propos to the time I was
cantorial soloist in Flint, Michigan, and we had the misfortune of
having Rosh Hashana morning services fall on the U-M/Ohio State football
game day.  While I would never think to use a secular melody in such an
irreverent way, it would have amused quite a few congregant/spectators
who were squriming in their seats waiting for the sermon to end so they
could get to the game.

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> Subject:      Re: Jewish Folk Music?...Adon Olam, et al
> 
> Karen, I agree wholeheartedly with your last point - God hears our
> prayers no
> matter what melody we use and whether we are able to speak, read or
> neither.
> And as I have said in another response I just posted, I think there is
> a place
> for fun joyous upbeat music in the synagogue...however I think it is
> disrespectful to use a melody from a football cheer to sing about our
> relationship with God.  It's not what God thinks when God hears it
> that's the
> issue for me; it's what we're thinking about when we sing that tune!  
>