Re: Kol Ishah again

[robert wiener <wiener...>]

It does seem ironic (is that the word?) that non-Jewish Portugese will
learn about Sephardic music and history when Sephardim will not.
It would almost be like non-Jewish Germans attending klezmer music
concerts while Jewish Germans did not.

Perhaps the Sephardic Kehillah should advertise the concert only to
their women's groups.  I assume that the principle of Kol Ishah
doesn't preclude Sephardic women from hearing a woman singing.

Bob



-----Original Message-----
From: Judith R. Cohen <judithc (at) yorku(dot)ca>
To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Date: Wednesday, March 08, 2000 6:38 AM
Subject: Kol Ishah again


>Hi, this is not to start another long thread, as there was one on
this
>last year, but I just wanted to let you know that this week the Holy
>Blossom synagogue , where my daughter and I are doing a concert of
>Sephardic music later this month, phoned the large Sephardic Kehillah
>here in Toronto as part of their PR list. The Sephardic Kehillah told
>them they could not publicize an event which featured - you guessed
it -
>a woman singing. This is about the fourth or fifth time this has
>happened to me in the Toronto Sephardic community: particularly
ironic,
>since this is a repertoire kept alive by women such as the mothers,
>grand-mothers, aunts (and in some cases wives) of the men who make
these
>decisions. Also ironic, because back in Morocco, where the community
is
>from , and not that long ago, just 2-3 decades in most cases - this
>wasn't an issue and women even sang in at least one synagog8ue choir
in
>Tangier.
>However, several people from the Portuguese (non-Jewish) community
are
>coming, including the Consul - because after our concert of
Portuguese
>village songs last month they want to learn more about Portugal's
Jewish
>history! Take care, Judith
>
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