Re: Debbie Friendman in New Orleans (fwd)a question

[HEBASS <HEBASS...>]

Dear Bruce.

Thank you for this response.  I just posted something similar to it in
response to Adrian's comment.

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Henrique Ozur Bass                      Jewish Theological Seminary of America
Cantorial Student                       21 Pilgrim Lane
hebass (at) JTSA(dot)EDU                        Westbury, NY 11
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On Fri, 16 Dec 1994, Bruce Shewitz wrote:

> I entirely agree with you that Debbie Friedman's music has little,
> if any, place in most Jewish worship services. PERHAPS at a
> family shabbat or a religious school service.

> Her style is enjoyable, but does not come anywhere near the ex-
> pressive or emotive breadth of the prayer texts. In my opinion,
> her music is mostly "feel good, warm fuzzy," and I don't
> think that's what Jewish worship is about.

> Bruce