Re: 9/11

[Alex J. Lubet <lubet001...>]

So much for the vicious rumor that all the Jewish workers at the World Trade 
Center knew in advance to stay home on September 11.



Eliott Kahn wrote:

> It sounded very much like "Yerushalayim" but was a bit different at the final 
> phrases, if I recall correctly. It probably was "Yerushalayim" with an 
> arrangement to somehow mask it a little. Gotta watch political statements at 
> such powerful emotional times.
>
> I can definitely confirm that a solo violin did play "Rozhinkes und Mandlen' 
> during the ceremony, however. There were also quite a few Jewish names, one 
> of whom was the only child of an old friend of a woman who works here.
>
> I suppose just another casualty in a murderous world, but the parents are 
> heartbroken and she was such a beautiful girl--only 25 years old.
>
> A Good Year with more peace, we hope and pray,
>
> Eliott Kahn
>
> At 02:21 PM 9/13/02 +0200, you wrote:
> >I would appreciate if anyone could pass on to
> >me further info, preferably a link or a written article
> >so that I could add this to my site devoted to the
> >song "Yerushalayim Shel Zahav".
> >
> >Yael
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: <mailto:klezska (at) yahoo(dot)com>glenn tamir
> >To: <mailto:jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>World music from a Jewish slant
> >Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 10:42 PM
> >Subject: Re: 9/11
> >
> >Did you notice the guitar playing Yerushalayim Shel Zahav while they were 
> >reading the names at Ground Zero?
> >
> > "Alex J. Lubet" wrote: <http://news.yahoo.com/>Yahoo! News - Today's 
> > headlines
>

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Morse Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor of Music
Adjunct Professor of American and Jewish Studies
Head, Division Of Composition and Music Theory
University of Minnesota
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