While listening to this piece I was struck with how much these kids are having to give up in order to help their parents (non-English speaking immigrants) with seemingly trivial issues. As a servicemember who has lived abroad, I can sympathize with the parents. It was rough weening myself away from the base I was assigned to and feeling comfortable in asking simple questions and understanding the answers that came my way. But in the end - in order for me to get the most out of my experience, I had to take that leap. The one thing I was wondering at the end was: What did the parents feel about relying on their children so much...?
I downloaded this as a Podcast a couple of days ago, and listened to it while driving home from work today... By the title, I thought it might be a comedy routine. In the vein of "Two Rabbis enter a bar..." I was intrigued to hear about a Chasidic Jew who didn't make a living singing something more traditionally conservative - ya'know... chanting niggunim. Anyway, I'm tooling along the road and find myself being drawn into this young man's story and music. I believe that the music would be of interest to Christians and Jews, but I believe that it may resonate more with the Jews in the audience. I know, it did with me (found Matisyahu's website and ordered the CD). I give this presentation five Chai's out of five. Excellent!
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Comment for "Translating"
Theresa Verity
Posted on April 26, 2005 at 05:48 PM | Permalink
Review of Translating
While listening to this piece I was struck with how much these kids are having to give up in order to help their parents (non-English speaking immigrants) with seemingly trivial issues. As a servicemember who has lived abroad, I can sympathize with the parents. It was rough weening myself away from the base I was assigned to and feeling comfortable in asking simple questions and understanding the answers that came my way. But in the end - in order for me to get the most out of my experience, I had to take that leap. The one thing I was wondering at the end was: What did the parents feel about relying on their children so much...?
Comment for "Hassidic (yes, Hassidic) Reggae"
Theresa Verity
Posted on March 15, 2005 at 05:12 PM | Permalink
Review of Hassidic (yes, Hassidic) Reggae
I downloaded this as a Podcast a couple of days ago, and listened to it while driving home from work today... By the title, I thought it might be a comedy routine. In the vein of "Two Rabbis enter a bar..." I was intrigued to hear about a Chasidic Jew who didn't make a living singing something more traditionally conservative - ya'know... chanting niggunim. Anyway, I'm tooling along the road and find myself being drawn into this young man's story and music. I believe that the music would be of interest to Christians and Jews, but I believe that it may resonate more with the Jews in the audience. I know, it did with me (found Matisyahu's website and ordered the CD). I give this presentation five Chai's out of five. Excellent!