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The Blessing over Coca-Cola: Between Secularity and Transcendence

Author(s)

Joel E. Rubin

Publication Name

Sh'ma: A Journal of Jewish Ideas

Publication Date

Publisher

Jewish Family & Life (JFL Media)

Abstract

The author describes how he came to Jewish musical traditions as an adult and as a secular Jew. He asserts that the great klezmorim of the past had been cherished most of all for their lyrical, contemplative, and moralizing renditions of prayer tunes such as Kol Nidre and El Mole Rahamim. He concludes that the collision of the archaic with the modern lifestyle puzzles and draws him, catching him in the grey area between these two realms.

Editor

Berrin, Susan

Geographic Coverage

United States

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Bibliographic Information

The Blessing over Coca-Cola: Between Secularity and Transcendence. 2005:  https://archive.jpr.org.uk/object-bjpa7146
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