Re: Kol Isha - Just the Facts, please!

[lenka lichtenberg <lenkal...>]

...as well as orthodox Sephardic shuls, absolutely, at least in Canada. Zero 
female involvement is a given, from doing an aliyah to singing/chanting 
anything whatsoever, in or out of service. i suppose that comes with the term 
"orthodox". 
lenka

www.lenkalichtenberg.com
  I'd think you can assume it as a given with almost any Ashkenazic, orthodox
  shul in the United States ........
  ...


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "Alex Jacobowitz" <alexbjacobowitz (at) yahoo(dot)com>
  To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
  Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 8:47 AM
  Subject: Re: Kol Isha - Just the Facts, please!


  > --- Sam Weiss <SamWeiss (at) bellatlantic(dot)net> wrote:
  > > At 01:49 AM 1/23/04, Yoel Epstein wrote:
  > > >Perhaps some of you would like to compile a list of
  > > specific gigs that
  > > >were
  > > >refused or cancelled because a female singer
  > > participated in the
  > > >band.  Then
  > > >we might have a starting point for actually doing
  > > something about this.
  > >
  > > Such a list would not even scratch the surface,
  > > since the assumption of Kol
  > > Isha very often precludes female soloists and bands
  > > with a female singer
  > > from even being considered at all.
  >
  > Au contraire, it WOULD scratch the surface -
  > at least insofar as this list is concerned.
  > As in other political opinions, there would
  > most likely be "right", "centrist" and "left"
  > versions of KI - and its implementation. If
  > any gig were to be refused or cancelled for
  > KI reasons, it would be most illustrative to
  > see whether the sponsors give that as the
  > reason, or whether they hide behind some kind
  > of subterfuge. And since on this list
  > we´ve only heard from the femails in this case, I
  > wouldn´t mind hearing the other side´s view - those
  > who are involved in the decision-making process.
  >
  > Bring it on!
  >
  > Alex
  >
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