Correspondence
Correspondence When justice peeks South Bend, Ind. To the Editors: I am always put off by discussions which deal with abortion as if it were only a women's issue. So ingrained are the...
...p. 644, Tom Whittemore, Rothco...
...KATE KINSER Falsified documents Waltham, Mass...
...628, 636, Bas...
...Peace cannot be achieved if justice is blind only in one eye...
...We American Jews are still too dependent on Eastern European Jewish liturgy and have not yet developed cohesive liturgical forms that are authentically Jewish, yet North American in musical mode and expression...
...The abortion debater is offered a special challenge now because women are so often alone in pregnancy...
...As John Garvey says ["Who Confers Value...
...To the Editors: Father Joseph Komonchak's "What's Happening to Doctrine...
...So to balance relations between masculine and feminine, to raise consciousness, to observe the Commandment, to advance the argument, the abortion debate must give equal time, equal space, equal attention, equal concern to the male component...
...But "to impregnate" or "to abandon" are active verbs...
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...Thus in China the chosen policy of population control is abortion, even though another mechanistic solution, vasectomy, would be simpler and less destructive...
...Although I would not classify their compositions as great genius, they have created a body of singable hymns, based on Scripture, that can be used in a number of different musical settings...
...to values, even religious ones...
...And here, in the United States, after considerable progress, we still hear the vocabulary for the female prostitute far oftener than that for the male patron...
...Unfortunately, Jewish music in the United States increasingly became the "property" of synagogue professionals (cantors, musical directors, and choirs), while "the Jews in the pews" were a passive audience, rather than participants in liturgical expression...
...Only a small number of Reform Jewish congregations ever abandoned Hebrew and traditional music entirely...
...Who are the men who impregnate women who seek abortions...
...p. 642, Hy Rosen, Albany Times-Union...
...It is ironic that, although women are at best only fifty percent responsible for pregnancy, in a world where men dominate in positions of power, and therefore in responsibility, the major moral burden of sexual behavior is put on women...
...IRENE P. LEAHY An outside opinion Chicago, 111...
...To the Editors: As a teacher of Jewish liturgical arts, I take issue with a statement in Thomas Day's reply to your readers on church music ["Dissonance Over Church Music," May 3]: "Gone are the days when Judaism and Christianity put these [scriptural] words in a special language and a special chant to remind us of his 'otherness.' " Mr...
...What we do lack, however, is our own version of the St...
...August 9], "The argument does come down...
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...As an active observer of Catholic music, I say, "Bravo...
...But language shapes and reflects values, and as we move into a new age in which many believe an equal balance between masculine and feminine values is incumbent on all if we are to survive on the planet, the language of pregnancy becomes, "They are pregnant," or "We are pregnant...
...to those modern liturgists decried by Thomas Day...
...In the last twenty years there has been a resurgence of interest in Hebrew language and traditional liturgy that has touched all major denominational groups in American Judaism...
...September 6], point out the pivotal role of Pope John XXIII's opening address at Vatican II, but fails to note that at one critical point concerning doctrine it was "incredibly falsified" for American readers — including many (Continued on page 653) Commonweal is indexed in Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature, Catholic Periodical Index, Index of American Periodical Verse, Book Review Digest and Book Review Index...
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...Day is obviously out of touch with Jewish worship practices and the present-day revival of interest in Hebrew language and liturgical cantillation...
...I have more students (children and adults, male and female) than I can presently handle — and so do most other Jewish liturgical tutors and teachers of my acquaintance...
...For those with religious values, equality is mandated by the second Great Commandment — "Love your neighbor as yourself — an awareness which the church, both communal and institutional, must yet achieve...
...But then it must be emphasized that they are "impregnated" women who are alone, and we must ask why...
...Second-class postage paid at New York, N.Y...
...Who are the fathers...
...Finding a real solution to any problem cannot be expected if fully one-half the equation is regularly ignored...
...1, 1924, to current issues available through University Microfilm, 300 N. Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor, Mi...
...Most American Jews are of Eastern European ancestry and use tunes that originated there...
...Illustrations: Cover & p. 635, Ignatius Press...
...So ingrained are the thinking habits, unconscious assumptions, and language patterns with which the question is approached that balanced discourse has become almost impossible...
...Louis Jesuits...
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...Most synagogues in the United States and elsewhere have retained Jewish liturgy as codified in the late Middle Ages, along with the cantillation modes particular to their geographical locations...
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...In my outsider's opinion, the church has done remarkably well...
...At the present point in the debate we barely recognize that there are fathers...
...Thankfully, this is changing...
...It has only been twenty years since the Catholic church in America began to create its own body of vernacular hymns...
...p. 633, Jean Chariot...
...Our students are eager to learn the practical skills of Jewish liturgy so that they can lead synagogue services and chant the weekly scriptural portions in Hebrew...
...Equal rights for women mean equal responsibilities for men, before and after conception...
Vol. 112 • November 1985 • No. 20
