Re: About The Rockin' Rebbetzin: Debbie Friedman

[wiener <wiener...>]

Dear Judy,

Thanks for the clarification.  I'm glad that my concern was unfounded.

As for Debbie Friedman, I have just been very reliably informed that
she is a member of Ansche Chesed in NYC, a Conservative synagogue,
although I don't know her past affiliations.

I'm sure that she's happy to hear her music sung by members of any of
the denominations.  While I agree with your characterization of the
adoption of her music by the Reform movement, I was astonished by the
apparent diversity of the audience at her Carnegie Hall concert a few
years ago.

Bob

-----Original Message-----
From: Judy Pinnolis <pinnolis (at) brandeis(dot)edu>
To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Date: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 12:37 PM
Subject: Re: About The Rockin' Rebbetzin


>Dear Bob:
>No, Bob, I don't think of Reform Judaism as 'secular.'
>
>I was thinking of Fran Avni, doing some 'secular' albums such as
"Israeli
>World Beat"  and so on. She also has some very fine children's songs,
>("Mostly Matzah Cassette", "Latkes and Hamentashen", --which I think
I must
>have heard a zillion times when working with small children some
years
>ago).  Hope this clarifies it. and BTW, this is a world away,
musically,
>from suki and ding for kids.
>
>I don't know Debbie Friedman, and have only met her in passing once.
I
>can't speak to her personal identifications. But her music is as
closely
>associated with the Reform as music gets-- for someone who isn't an
>official of the movement (that I know of). However, that association
does
>seem to be changing somewhat in the most recent years, with some of
her
>songs being picked up by camps and synagogues from other movements in
the US.
>Judy


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