The Use of Music in Jewish Programming

Publication Date: September 1978

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): Richard J. Neumann

Research Area: Culture and religion

Keywords: Jewish Organizations; Artistic Expression; Identity formation

Type: Brief

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

The author argues that Jewish communal organizations should promote a regeneration of Jewish "life-style music" such as lullabies, love-songs, and table-songs, as a method of preserving Jewish identity. Rather than focusing on professional performance events, the author advocates encouraging Jewish laypeople to sing Jewish songs as part of their day-to-day lives, and calls for a proliferation of workshops to teach Jewish songs to Jews of all ages.

In Journal of Jewish Communal Service, v.55 no.1, Fall 1978.