Re: Wagner and friends

[Eliezer Kaplan <zelwel...>]

>but it is
> kosher to play all those wonderful masses and cantatas that are avodah
zarah
> mamash?

Hey David- you trying to start another one of these silly debates or
something?  ;-)
(BTW AFAIK Christianity is NOT  considered Avodah Zarah and according to the
Talmud the desire to do true Avodah Zarah is no longer in the world- though
I would have to ask my rabbi for chapter and verse.)

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Baron" <d_baron (at) 012(dot)net(dot)il>
To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 1:53 AM
Subject: Re: Wagner and friends


> My two cents:
>
> Wagner, the Jew Hater is treif here for our orchestras in Israel, but it
is
> kosher to play all those wonderful masses and cantatas that are avodah
zarah
> mamash?
>
> Both are great music. Neither is for us.
>
> (Also, all the sexual&violence threat and inuendo is treif. I am not
> commenting on the talent or the politics of the authors. We, as Jews, have
a
> Torah, have standards.)
>
>
>


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