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Wondering: About Your Favorite Jewish Song(s)

It has been wonderful to have "guest cantorial soloists" these few weeks while Adam is performing in the Shreveport Little Theatre play. You are welcome to join us in-person for this Friday evening's guest soloist - Ivy, or you can watch the ones with Alyx from previous weeks (and the one with Ivy from this week) on the B'nai Zion YouTube channel. Working with these singers make me think about music and especially Jewish music, which leads me to this week's Wondering I would like to ask you.

First, some background: Music has always been an important part of our family (my dad was a professional Jazz musician, but the first songs I sang were the ones my mom taught me). I have been singing all my life. I took piano lessons in first grade (I could play a song with two hands, if my left hand only needed one finger). I took violin lessons fourth through sixth grade (I did not love practicing). I started playing guitar in sixth grade, and bass in seventh grade. 

When I was a teenager, dad told me he had these three questions he wanted me to pose to anyone who wanted to be friends with me (I think he meant anyone who I might consider dating*). 
- What instrument did Charlie Parker play?
- Who is Yehudi Menuhin? (He died while I was in college.)
- What is your favorite Jewish song(s)?

He explained that the answer to the question about a favorite Jewish song was a kind of "sliding scale." I would know a lot about a person based on their answer. 

This week I am wondering: What is your favorite Jewish song (or songs)? 

I look forward to discussing with you what your favorite Jewish song tells me about you.  

*(There was an alternate version of the questions dad gave me when I started dating a songleader from Young Judaea, who played accordion. All of the questions had to do with accordion trivia - I didn't know the answers to any of the questions, but my friend did.) 


CLICK HERE to go to the Wonderings main page to see all Wonderings questions and replies.


Once again, I want to thank everyone who has responded to my  "Wonderings."  You are always welcome to respond to any of the questions I have asked by calling or emailing, no matter how long ago the question was originally posed. You can also choose to keep your replies totally private, and not be posted on the Responses page. I always try to remove personal / identifying details when I do post the replies. 

You may want to check back to see if more replies have been added since you last looked.

Fri, March 29 2024 19 Adar II 5784