Re: Question from BBC

[TTova <TTova...>]

I agree with Mel that political discussions are too fraught with 
personal baggage to air here... but
at the same time committing one's professional life to Jewish music is 
a political act in itself.

My parents had to hide who they were during the war. They even gave me 
a Catholic first name.
Yet I can now stand on a stage anywhere in the world, use my Hebrew 
name and proudly proclaim
I am a Jew.

I am also disturbed by how aggressive the policies in Israel have 
become but in fairness we have never been given the chance to stop 
fighting for our very survival
I am amazed at how short our memories are.

Theresa Tova


On Tuesday, August 12, 2003, at 12:06 PM, Eliott Kahn wrote:

>
>>
>> As far as I'm concerned, my heritage is in Eastern Europe, the land of
>> Yiddish and kugel and Chelm, not Israel.  I don't see why it has to 
>> be so
>> personal....
>
> ... And ashes, and blood, and crematoriums. Nothing personal.
>
> Eliott Kahn
>
>
>
>> My political two cents,
>>
>> -- 
>>  -Wendy
>>
>>
>> "Be the change you wish to see in the world."
>> -Mohandas Ghandi
>>
>> "The truth does not cease to exist because it is ignored."
>> -Aldous Huxley
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>> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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>> ***Humans are the most selfish of all beings.  Earth belongs to _all_
>> species.***
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>> On Tue, 12 Aug 2003, Alex Jacobowitz wrote:
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>>> --- David Baron <d_baron (at) 012(dot)net(dot)il> wrote:
>>>> BBC has a record of anti-Israel, anti-Jewish bias.
>>>> Why bother with them?
>>>>
>>> Agreed. If they´re looking for music for
>>> the blood libel, they need look no further
>>> than their own opening theme.
>>> BBC World Disservice.
>>>
>>> Alex Jacobowitz
>>>
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