Re: Interesting comment

[Inna Barmash <ibarmash...>]

hi lori,

this was a really interesting comment....  i hope it starts a discussion on
why some of the non-jews on the list are attracted to jewish music...

happy new year!

take care,
inna

Lori Cahan-Simon wrote:

> I was having a discussion with a non-Jewish friend of mine, who is a
> violinist just beginning a study of klezmer music, about why she is
> attracted to klezmer and Yiddish music.  I thought her comments were
> interesting, so I post them here for you to enjoy, comment on, shake
> your head about, whatever.
> Lorele
>
> Why is the [Yiddish] singing so compelling to me? I think because of the
> intensity of the culture. There's a saying that "Jews are just like
> everybody else, only more so." My sister and I often talk about how we
> laugh a lot harder than people who had functional childhoods. Not to
> suggest that
> Jewish life is dysfunctional, but that there is an intensity that comes
> from tight family ties and that lends itself to (later) passionate
> tension release (in music, in humor, etc.) Anyway, the result in this
> klezmer music seems to be singing that is full of both pain and joy
> (sometimes at the same time) that goes off the scale of much of the
> music you hear otherwise. Plus I just like the way the words sound:)
>

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