Re: Fw: MItzvah music and dance

[Alex Lubet <lubet001...>]

At 10:04 AM 7/18/2002 -0600, you wrote:
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>"One wonders if there are many young descendents of the immigrants who 
>want to make careers of their cultural activities."
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>I have a friend from Bukhara.  She wanted to incorporate some traditional 
>Bukharin music and dance into her son's bar mitzvah celebration but her 
>son absolutely wouldn't have it.  He was embarrassed in front of his 
>friends.  So, they just had a disco style party.  Everyone wants to blend 
>in to the larger society and not stand out in the crowd.
>
>Helen


Actually, both of my kids specifically asked for Jewish music.  This may 
have something to do with the fact that both of their parents are musicians 
and they've heard a great deal of it and like it and grew up performing in 
shul.





Alex Lubet, Ph. D.
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Adjunct Professor of American and Jewish Studies
University of Minnesota
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