Re: kol isha in action

[Sylvia Schildt <creativa...>]

Kol isha - makes the gorge rise.

And it's not a custom common to all Orthodox Jewry. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT
POINT.

WHAT ABOUT ALL  THOSE FAMOUS CHAZNTES WHO GAVE PERFECTLY LEGITIMATE CONCERTS
FOR MIXED-GENDER ORTHODOX AUDIENCES?  In fact, I recall in the lobby of our
local orthodox shul in Brownsville, posters for the same - I speak of
Sheyndele di Chaznte, Freydele di Chaznte, etc.  And they often performed
with their male relatives and choirs. No they didn't lead services in shul,
but they performed everywhere else with cantorial and other repertoires.


What's at play here is a frummer than thou minority intimidating everyone
else. Everytime I encounter it -- and its equally insidious form in the
guises of organizations afraid to offend -- I want to throw up.


And as a WORKMEN'S CIRCLE shule  alumna, I find it pusillanimous of your
orchestra to capitulate. The WC is supposed to represent social justice,
among other ideals, and this is a flat-out betrayal of that ideal.  Shame!

Sylvia Schildt

on 2/20/03 5:17 PM, Eliezer Kaplan at zelwel (at) attbi(dot)com wrote:

>> Love,
>> 
>> Rosa Parks
>> 
> 
> Maybe that's what's gotta happen. Maybe some community needs to have it in
> their face and take it upon themselves to realize that in our times living
> in our world this is ridiculous and to set a precedent for changing the
> custom. And why do I feel so much like that old Steve Martin character on
> Saturday Night Live saying it?
> 
> EK
> 
> www.zelwel.com
> 
> 
> 

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