Re: Kol Isha

[avi finegold <afinegold...>]

--- Fred Blumenthal <xd2fabl (at) us(dot)ibm(dot)com> wrote:
> I get the list in digest form, which is messy.  I
> suggest all posts NOT 
> contain the preceeding list, as most posts wind up
> appearing numerous 
> times.  And somehow, mixed into the discussion of
> Kol Isha and the 
> accompanying extraneous HTML clutter, appears "Love,
> Rosa Parks," numerous 
> times.  I would assume that the famous Rosa Parks is
> Protestant - is there 
> also a Jewish Rosa Parks participating in our
> discussions?  And what Steve 
> Martin character?  Surely not Rosa Parks.
> Together with "frummer than thou," I've heard
> certain parties accused of 
> being "neo-frum."
> The St. Louis Circle of Jewish Music was founded in
> 1970 by 
> representatives of the Reform, Conservative and
> Orthodox denominations. 33 
> years later the Circle is thriving, but there are no
> longer Orthodox 
> cantors in the organization, and I believe Kol Isha
> to be the reason.  If 
> certain parties hear women sing on tv, radio, etc.
> but then make Kol Isha 
> an objection to women singing in public concerts,
> there's severe 
> inconsistency.  (And if they boycott broadcast media
> for that reason 
> they've really got their heads in the sand.)  The
> Orthodox denomination 
> would like to recruit from elsewhere in the Jewish
> community, but 
> isolating themselves in this way contradicts that. 
> Certainly, the rest of 
> us aren't going to change to that perspective.  We
> live in an era of great 
> changes in western culture, and the continuing
> emancipation of women is an 
> important part of that.

anything i have to comment on that was already said so
i wont get into making the orthodox change but you do
raise an interesting point about miriam, i never
really thought about it but i dont see why it shouldnt
be the case.......


> One more thought: Is there scripture saying that the
> Hebrew men excused 
> themselves when Miriam sang by the sea of reeds?
> 
> Fred Blumenthal
> xd2fabl (at) us(dot)ibm(dot)com


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