Re: RE Kol Isha

[Richard Green <rmarkgreen...>]

>From what I know, Neshama actually didn't want a career in Jewish music
initally.  She took acting lessons and also singing lessons.  It seems that 
it's pretty easy for her to be involved with Jewish music as compared to 
breaking into the general audience where non-Jews, especially, don't know 
anything about her father.
     If she didn't have her father's musical legacy to fall back on, I'm 
wondering how she'd fare.  At least he blazed a path for her.
    By the way, she's come out with 4 offering (I have all of them)
1. Neshama (Soul)
2. Celebrating Reb Shlomo (with her mother telling stories)
3. Haneshama Shel Shlomo (with her father)
4. Dancing with my Soul


>From: "Robert Cohen" <rlcm17 (at) hotmail(dot)com>
>Reply-To: jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
>To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
>Subject: Re: RE Kol Isha
>Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 19:48:12
>
>Quite aside--or maybe not aside--from the merits of this issue, R. Shlomo
>Carlebach, z"l, used to say that it's easy (for a halakhic authority) to 
>say
>No; it takes real learning, and halakhic creativity (not the words he would
>use) to say Yes.
>
>BTW, Shlomo was not flexible on kol isha out of acceding, reluctantly, to
>his daughter Neshama's wanting to sing; he *urged* her to sing.  
>Practically
>insisted on it.
>
>--Robert Cohen
>
>P.S.  As I've advised this list before, she's sung in concert at the
>Carlebach Shul in NYC and (to my surprise) in concert at Lincoln Square
>Synagogue (also in NYC); perhaps (I don't know) at other Orthodox shuls as
>well.  And btw, Neshama identifies (proudly) as Orthodox and I'm not sure,
>though I can't speak for her, that she would appreciate the content of some
>posts that seem to see all Orthodox women as sort of dumb/passive victims.
>
>
>
>
>>     I know the power of the voice, both male and female, and I can
>>appreciate that there are some men who are on a spiritual path, and a
>>beautiful voice could distract such a person, but such people are really
>>rare, and it's a real shame that many of us suffer because the mainstream
>>orthodox community, and its leaders cannot find the courage to say Yes, 
>>but
>>keeps on saying NO, even when there are plenty of loopholes, and a way
>>could be found to be lenient.
>>     All the best
>>     Hanna Yaffe
>>
>>
>>
>
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