Top Document: soc.culture.jewish FAQ: Worship, Conversion, Intermarriage (5/12) Previous Document: Question 9.5: Is there a distinctly Jewish form of meditation? Next Document: Question 9.7: What is a synagogue? See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge Answer: Emphatically, yes! Cantorial music goes back a long way, and there have been Jewish artists since Abraham's time. You should investigate many of the exhibits at the local Jewish Community Centers, synagogues, and rabbinical schools (such as the Skirball Museum at [5]Hebrew Union College in Los Angeles). Often, Jewish art focuses on ceremonial objects, such as spice boxes, menorot, mezzuzot, wimples, kippahs, breastplates for the Torah, Torah covers, etc, as opposed to portraits or statues. Judaism does have a strong tradition of religious music, it's just that there haven't been that many Jewish composers with great popular success outside of the small Jewish circles (as opposed to classical composers of the 17th-19th centuries who wrote liturgical music that was a great success in its own right, without the liturgy underneath it) There is also an emerging tradition of modern Jewish music, including such artists as Debbie Friedman, Rabbi Joe Black, and others. Some of this music is more appropriate to the liberal streams. Those interested in modern Jewish music should investigate some of the online Jewish music stores, such as [6]Sounds Write ([7]http://www.soundswrite.com/) or [8]JewishMusic.com ([9]http://www.jewishmusic.com/). Some other links of interest include: * American Conference of Cantors - Reform (Progressive) Judaism: [10]http://rj.org/acc/ * The Cantors Assembly - Conservative (Masorti) Judaism: [11]http://www.cantors.org/ * Cantorial Council of America - Orthodox Judaism: [12]http://www.yu.edu/belz/ * Chazzanut Online: [13]http://www.joods.nl/~chazzanut/. A comprehensive site on Jewish liturgical music, with a large collection of cantorial sheet music, midi files, annotated links and background information. User Contributions:Top Document: soc.culture.jewish FAQ: Worship, Conversion, Intermarriage (5/12) Previous Document: Question 9.5: Is there a distinctly Jewish form of meditation? Next Document: Question 9.7: What is a synagogue? Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: SCJ FAQ Maintainer <maintainer@scjfaq.org>
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