Re: dead (wild) horses couldn't stop ...

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

Since I'm one of the folks who's wearying of the familiar back and forth on the
KI issue but actually found some of the sidebars interesting, much to my
surprise, I'd remind everyone that the name of this list is world music from a
Jewish slant and that that's a nuance that permits a wider-ranging discussion
than just Jewish music, whatever that might me.  Since I'm the one who brought
up Nietzsche, I'd note that he wrote extensively on music, including Wagner and
(against Wagner's) anti-Semitism.  As a Jewish musician, I like keeping my eyes
and ears open to all sorts of influences, something Bob Dylan has recommended
(thought occasionally to his own detriment).



Sam Weiss wrote:

> At 08:40 PM 1/21/04, Shirona wrote:
> >Next I need to correct Sam.  The titling of the first email that started
> >this KI round was not "gratuitous" - it was deliberate.
>
> Exactly my point.  "Gratuitous" does not mean unintentional.  The posting
> was ostensibly about Afghanistan, but was titled to re-open last year's Kol
> Isha discussion without any obvious reason to do so at this time, other
> than the fact that last year's discussion was not resolved to your
> satisfaction.
>
> >And to assume that no one "advanced their knowledge on the
> >subject" is presumptuous too - I for one DID. I'd like to believe that
> >others did too.
>
> I said there was no advancement of our knowledge of Afghani or Jewish
> music.  We did indeed learn about synagogue protocol, advanced Talmud,
> erotica, reproductive biology, the Halachic process, Nietzsche...  among
> the ones that escaped my Delete button.
>
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> Cantor Sam Weiss === Jewish Community Center of Paramus, NJ
>

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