Re: mazinke
While interpreting and deconstructing this tradition bear in mind that the definition of the Yiddish word mizinke is youngest daughter. No big deal, but if I were trying to squeeze orange juice out of an apple because I was all out of oranges, I would at least stop calling it an apple. And should I stop calling a Gasn Nign (street song) a Gasn Nign because we no longer have the tradition of the Klezmorim escorting the parents from their house in the shtetl to where the celebration is? I think I am preserving and disseminating the tradition more by explaining that 150 years ago it was hoped (expected) that daughters would be married off in chronoligical sequence and therefore the marrying of one's youngest daughter was a reason for great joy (or great relief from the lifting of the burden) whereas today the marriage of any daughter (or son) brings the same joy and I like to propose to my clients that they continue that tradition of the mezinke celebration no matter which child it is? Dick While interpreting and deconstructing this tradition bear in mind that the definition of the Yiddish word mizinke is youngest daughter. No big deal, but if I were trying to squeeze orange juice out of an apple because I was all out of oranges, I would at least stop calling it an apple. At 10:41 AM 8/28/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As I said, I'm inclusive. In the old days the parents were 'being freed of the burden' of marrying off their children and so the last was special. I feel that being the parents of a child that is being married is an honor and should be treated as such, be it the first, middle, last, 2 children in one wedding, etc., etc. I think that's the best way, to respect, honor and understand the tradition and the reason for it, while interpreting it in light of today's mores where most parents would not think that the oldest daughter has to be married first, etc. Dick Rosenberg I don't necessarily restrict it to mother and father - we played a Bar Mitzvah recently where the parents of the Bar Mitzvah boy were Alice and Margaret). Ah, but more important, was their last child being married (otherwise 100% in agreement)? :-). ari _ Cantor Sam Weiss === Jewish Community Center of Paramus, NJ -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -+ Hosted by Shamash: The Jewish Network http://shamash.org A service of Hebrew College, which offers online courses and an online MA in Jewish Studies, http://hebrewcollege.edu/online/ * * FREE JEWISH LEARNING * * Shamash invites you to join MyJewishLearning.com, a comprehensive, objective, authoritative and interactive learning resource in all areas of Judaism. Free membership via http://www.myjewishlearning.com/shamash -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -=
Internetowe Radio Szalom
Hello All, I like to listen to music, especially Jewish music, while I work. A while ago on the list there was a pointer to Internetowe Radio Szalom at http://www.platforma.pl/szalom/. There were some replies to the posting, some tongue in checck comments like there must be a lonely Jew in Poland who is going to all the trouble to do this, etc. But nothing negative or ominous. I started listening to this almost every day at work. It was mostly fairly familiar, fairly innocuous Jewish music, both religious and secular (Hineh Ma Tov, e.g.) The other day I was listening to it and was watching the Real Audio scrawl as it switched songs. The next song being played was Baruch Haba by a group called L'Chayim B'Yeshua. This sounds suspiciously like at least some of their content is from one of these Jewish messianic groups. Have I been scammed all this time? The web site is in Polish, which I don't understand. Is there anybody on the list either in or near Poland (or who understands Polish) who can investigate and shed some light on this? The naive and forgiving side of me would like to believe that it is in fact a Jewish music site that somehow didn't know what they were playing. The cynical side of me believes otherwise. Thanks, Dick Rosenberg -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -+ Hosted by Shamash: The Jewish Network http://shamash.org A service of Hebrew College, which offers online courses and an online MA in Jewish Studies, http://hebrewcollege.edu/online/ * * FREE JEWISH LEARNING * * Shamash invites you to join MyJewishLearning.com, a comprehensive, objective, authoritative and interactive learning resource in all areas of Judaism. Free membership via http://www.myjewishlearning.com/shamash -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -=
Re: Fw: magalnyk klezmer band
I get them to work, but only for a fraction of a second (or sometimes as much as a seocnd or two). Then it goes into pau7se and I have to hit play gain and the same thing happens. I think their clips, site or their player is messed up. Dick Rosenberg D'oh! I tried to listen to the mp3s and they didn't seem to want to work! They usually start up no problem on my computer, might there be a problem with the site? I'd love to hear the gypsy and hasidic samples! Jill -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -+ Hosted by Shamash: The Jewish Network http://shamash.org A service of Hebrew College, which offers online courses and an online MA in Jewish Studies, http://hebrewcollege.edu/online/ * * FREE JEWISH LEARNING * * Shamash invites you to join MyJewishLearning.com, a comprehensive, objective, authoritative and interactive learning resource in all areas of Judaism. Free membership via http://www.myjewishlearning.com/shamash -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -=
Help with An Old Jewish Melody
The first part of this melody sounds almost exactly like The Place Where I Belong (the version I have and the only version I have heard is by Deborah Katchko-Zimmerman from her Jewish Soul CD), but the second part (starting at bar 17 of the actual melody where it goes from the relative minor to the tonic) goes off in a different direction. I don't know which melody borrowed from the other, but a Google search on Deborah Katchko-Zimmerman will turn up contact information if you're interested. Good luck, Dick Rosenberg - Original Message - From: Ted Kuster [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: World music from a Jewish slant [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 6:05 PM Subject: Help with An Old Jewish Melody Can anyone tell me the title of this tune: www.meshuggenismo.com/music/mystery_melody.mid I heard it on a CD by an band from Israel called Simply Tsfat; they title it simply An Old Jewish Melody, but I suspect it has a name and a history. If you know of any other recordings of it, I'd like to know that too. Thanks! Ted Kuster www.meshuggenismo.com -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -+ Hosted by Shamash: The Jewish Network http://shamash.org A service of Hebrew College, which offers online courses and an online MA in Jewish Studies, http://hebrewcollege.edu/online/ * * FREE JEWISH LEARNING * * Shamash invites you to join MyJewishLearning.com, a comprehensive, objective, authoritative and interactive learning resource in all areas of Judaism. Free membership via http://www.myjewishlearning.com/shamash -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -=
Re: Yiddish folk dancing on campus
It doesn't have to be solely on campus. A few years ago Edie Epstein (A Little Klez) organzied a Yiddish dance in what I recall as being a church social hall in Westford, MA (a somewhat far suburb of Boston). Jacob Bloom led the dancing and everybody seemed to enjoy themselves. I don't know what happened to the momentum of that but I haven't heard of anything about it recently. Dick Rosenberg There was recently a klezmer concert/dance here at Tufts, so I asked Michael McLaughlin, the band teacher, what he saw. The results are posted on the KlezmerShack (try http://www.klezmershack.com/archives/000150.html if it's not visible on the main page). What I'm wondering, based on recent comments made to me in private, and to the list, is whether there is noticable interest in Yiddish folk dancing, compared to interest in Israeli dancing. Here in the Boston area, for instance, you can do English Country Dance or Contradance, almost any night of the week. You can dance to Balkan music almost as frequently. Israeli folk dancing is held regularly at MIT and I believe, at least one other location. Yiddish dancing? Not on most calendars. And it isn't clear to me that when such an event is held, many Jews show up--it =does= seem like the sort of thing that attracts some non-Jews who love any international folk dance more than, say, Jews. ari Ari Davidow [EMAIL PROTECTED] list owner, [EMAIL PROTECTED] the klezmer shack: http://www.klezmershack.com/ -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -+ Hosted by Shamash: The Jewish Network http://shamash.org A service of Hebrew College, which offers online courses and an online MA in Jewish Studies, http://hebrewcollege.edu/online/ * * FREE JEWISH LEARNING * * Shamash invites you to join MyJewishLearning.com, a comprehensive, objective, authoritative and interactive learning resource in all areas of Judaism. Free membership via http://www.myjewishlearning.com/shamash -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -=
Re: Klezmer audience sing-a-long chorus
It does have one la in the middle of Tumbalalaika :-) Dick Alle Brider (Oy Oy Oy chorus) Ven Ich Vel Zingn Licho Dodi (chiribim chorus) Tumbalalaika doesn't go la la la, but it's a sing-along staple. Lori -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -+ Hosted by Shamash: The Jewish Network http://shamash.org A service of Hebrew College, offering online courses and an online MA in Jewish Studies, http://hebrewcollege.edu/online/ MyJewishLearning.com, The Personal Gateway to Jewish Exploration Officially launches: http://MyJewishLearning.com/index.htm?source=shamash -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -=
RE: JEWISH-MUSIC digest 2491
Google's new shopping engine www.froogle.com might be helpful too. What a great name :-) Dick If you can't order the academic version of Finale, which is the same as the regular full-version, order Finale for your student kid/wife/husband. Much, much cheaper than the regular price. You just have to provide them with the kid's/wife's/husband's student ID. This applies to most if not all academic versions of software. Encourage your kid to write music to relieve your guilty conscience. (Our kids used to compose music, but we could never get them to put it into the computer themselves.) If you can't get an academic version of Finale, then THE very best shopping comparison search engine for any and all computer products is www.pricwatch.com . DealTime (http://www.dealtime.com/) is an Israeli free online comparison-shopping service, please make sure to support them when you have to search for good prices on products. (That means check there first.) Bizrate.com is terrific for searching the best price on anything and everything. Google's new shopping engine www.froogle.com might be helpful too. Reyzl -- From: Fred Blumenthal [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 10:44 AM To: World music from a Jewish slant Subject: Re: JEWISH-MUSIC digest 2491 Eliezer Kaplan asked about the ad for Finale at a lesser price - was it full-feature, and wasn't there something for less money. The source is: AABACA (www.aabaca.com) (952) 933-7307. I believe it's full-feature, but bli nader - don't make me swear to it. I notice they advertise Finale for $199 and Sibelius for $229, but there's probably shipping handling. You could contact them regarding why you should buy from them, or the manufacturers regarding why not. And visit codamusic.com to see if they still offer a student version of Finale, called Finale Notepad, for free. It does lack some of the bells whistles, and might not be compatible with other versions of Finale, but should play back a .mid file. Fred Blumenthal [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -+ Hosted by Shamash: The Jewish Network http://shamash.org A service of Hebrew College, offering online courses and an online MA in Jewish Studies, http://hebrewcollege.edu/online/ MyJewishLearning.com, The Personal Gateway to Jewish Exploration Officially launches: http://MyJewishLearning.com/index.htm?source=shamash -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -=
