Re: Kol Isha - Just the Facts, please!

[Jordan Hirsch <trombaedu...>]

It does, and what is interesting in the Sephardic community is that the
gender distinctions often run to things which are not part of the
Halachic tradition.

Jordan

lenka lichtenberg wrote:

> ...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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