Re: Jews performing Christian holiday music

[Marvin Margoshes <physchem...>]

Well written.

-----Original Message-----
From: Ari Davidow <ari (at) ivritype(dot)com>
To: World music from a Jewish slant. <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Date: Tuesday, December 15, 1998 12:03 PM
Subject: Re: Jews performing Christian holiday music


>>On Tue, 15 Dec 1998, Kame'a Media wrote:
>>
>>> Any self-respecting Jewish person who hires him/herself out to perform 
>>> music sacred to Christians,  in a church, would do well to remember
>>> brethren and sistren slaughtered, raped and maimed under the banner of
>>> the cross
>>> in years gone by.  To those who would reply that it's just another gig,
>>> I would say, "Bollocks, <l'havdil> (there is a difference).
>>>
>>Isn't that like saying that any self-respecting Jewish person who enters 
>>a synagogue would do well to remember the people killed by the state of 
>>Isreal "under the banner of" the Star of David?
>
>I was hoping that we could avoid this extension to our discussion.
>There is always a political dimension to our acts. This list is
>not a good place for such a political discussion, and is, in 
>particular, not a place to argue one moral high ground versus, or
>even, in conjunction with, another.
>
>There are certainly aspects to Jews performing Christian music,
>or vice versa, that we certainly can discuss here, both practical
>and otherwise. I'd say that a good way to figure out which is which
>is to hold your finger up to the wind and check the "righteousness
>factor." If the posting feels like something that can be reasonably
>discussed, you're on the right track. 
>
>If the posting sounds to you more like a statement, or if you
>can't imagine a reasonable disagreement, or if you find yourself
>feeling righteous for making it, I would appreciate it if you took 
>such comments to a more appropriate forum.
>
>ari
>
>Ari Davidow
>The klezmer shack: http://www.well.com/user/ari/klez/
>owner: jewish-music mailing list
>e-mail: ari (at) ivritype(dot)com
>
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