Re: Kol Isha becomes a reality

[Eliezer Kaplan <zelwel...>]

And I was referring to the hypocrisy of calling oneself Orthodox while at the 
same time ignoring some basic moral principles (not to mention some Halachic 
ones as well, Lifnei Iver for example)- that 'contract with an entertainer' is 
how that entertainer survives!


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Daniel B. Schwartz 
  To: World music from a Jewish slant 
  Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 9:30 AM
  Subject: RE: Kol Isha becomes a reality


  I was referring to the compromise suggested on the part of the Orthodox 
husband, the cause of the contract cancellation.  He would not be allowed to 
compromise his values simply in light of a contract with an entertainer.

  DANIEL B. SCHWARTZ, ESQ. SPECIALIZING IN ALL ASPECTS
  OF MATRIMONIAL, FAMILY AND COMMERCIAL LITIGATION FOR
  FURTHER INFORMATION INQUIRE AT:
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    -----Original Message-----
    From: owner-jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org [mailto:owner-jewish-music 
(at) shamash(dot)org]On Behalf Of Eliezer Kaplan
    Sent: Mon, March 26, 2001 6:57 PM
    To: World music from a Jewish slant
    Subject: Re: Kol Isha becomes a reality


    Daniel-
    It's not compromise- it's ethical behavior! (At the very least, I would 
agree with Winston)- if you've promised a person work and then pull the carpet 
out from under them, then you better pay them! 
                                    EK

      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: Daniel B. Schwartz 
      To: World music from a Jewish slant 
      Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 8:56 AM
      Subject: RE: Kol Isha becomes a reality


      Halacha does not really allow for that type of compromise.  But once 
there is a valid contract, it can be enforced.

      DANIEL B. SCHWARTZ, ESQ. SPECIALIZING IN ALL ASPECTS
      OF MATRIMONIAL, FAMILY AND COMMERCIAL LITIGATION FOR
      FURTHER INFORMATION INQUIRE AT:
      HTTP://HOME.ATT.NET/~schwartzesq/index.html



        -----Original Message-----
        From: owner-jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org 
[mailto:owner-jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org]On Behalf Of Eliezer Kaplan
        Sent: Sun, March 25, 2001 12:28 PM
        To: World music from a Jewish slant
        Subject: Re: Kol Isha becomes a reality


        I think any 'Orthodox' person that would knowingly cause you loss of 
parnasah by cancelling a performance is a person who had better do a bit of 
soul searching! There's something very hypocritical about all that (in light of 
the famous story about Hillel- the one about love thy neighbor as thyself- the 
rest is commentary). 
                                            EK



          ----- Original Message ----- 
          From: shirona 
          To: World music from a Jewish slant 
          Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2001 1:35 PM
          Subject: Kol Isha becomes a reality


          I have to share this dose of reality...  it finally happened to me.

          I was asked to organize and perform at a private party, an Israeli 
style Kumzits, with a concert-like presentation of old Israeli ballads, a 
sing-along, and a keyboard player to accompany me and play throughout the 
evening.  It was to be at an expensive restaurant, an up-scale event with good 
money.  Three daughters were organizing this for their mother's 70th birthday.

          Everything was confirmed, dates, fees, program outline... and then it 
happened.  One of the sisters is married to an orthodox man.  Of course no one 
thought of this before - but the orthodox man would HAVE to perform the 
obligatory Kol Isha boycott... Never mind that 98% of the people at the party 
are non-orthodox - it was a matter of Shlom-bayit, and I was cancelled...   So 
there it is, alive and well in the year 2001.   The price?  On top of the 
ideological outrage, it was a serious loss of "Parnasa" for me, and I depend on 
it for a living.

          Without appropriate words for closing,

          Shirona  
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