[HANASHIR:3210] Salaam

[Judah Cohen <jcohen...>]

I actually learned the Israeli dance for Salaam about 6-8 months ago; for
me, its appearance at HN was quite a pleasant and interesting surprise
(especially when it went on joyously for 40 minutes).

Judah.

Rick Lupert wrote:
>A while into this after service period, I'm sitting with Craig on the
>Bimah as he packs up his guitar and prepares to go home...on the
>other side of the sanctuary is the Israeli Dancing...just as we are
>having a nice reflective moment about Hava Nashira, we notice that
>the dance leader has put on a song which sounds very familiar...we
>look at each other and realize it's Od yavosh Shalom Aleinu...

Judah Cohen
Music Department
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA  02138
jcohen (at) fas(dot)harvard(dot)edu
(617) 628-4783

"...I do not feel that my research suffered unduly from the fact that I
enjoyed it." -- Daniel Miller, "Modernity--an Ethnographic Approach" (p. 6)


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