Re:

[Rachelle and Howard Shubert <shubert...>]

I actually agree with you, Brian.  I am afraid I didn't express my feelings
very well.

Rachelle

At 13:46 05/03/98 EST, you wrote:
>Rachelle, I don't think anybody in this discussion was doubting the
importance
>of passing on traditional melodies.
>
>The big question has been what are to be considered "traditional"?  I grew up
>in a conservative synagogue, so those tunes are "traditional" for me.  They
>also seem to continue to be sung in almost all orthodox services I have
>attended and most conservative.  The big changes seem to be in Reform
services
>and tunes, with a lot of that filtering into some Conservative services and
>even some Orthodox.  The other day I heard Kedusha chanted to the tune of
>Hatikvah at our Ortho. congregation.
>
>Brian
>
>
Rachelle Mingail Shubert
Montreal
shubert (at) total(dot)net