Re: Identity in Klezmer

[Haddi <Hadass.Klausner...>]

> At 10:59 AM 6/4/98 +0300, Berlin Moshe wrote:
> >I think that in Israel there was no revival to klezmer, because there
> >was no
> >need for it as the whole life was full with Jewish culture and
> >tradition.
> 
> To put it mildly, I disagree.  How can you be "filled with Jewish culture
> and tradition" without the Yiddish language and culture (including Klezmer
> music)?

I think you are right, Mark, but the fact is that many peoples think 
that their cultural background is the authentic one. The middle and 
east European Jews do not like the music from northern Africa and the 
Jewish oriental music. The same as many Israelis do not listen and 
practically ignore Klezmer and Yiddish music, many eastern European 
Jews (even to this day in middle Europe) do not know about / do not 
listen / ignore orienta and Sepharadic Jewish music.