"Ruin Upon the Temple Mount" Is A...?

"Ruin Upon the Temple Mount" Is A...?

a) reality, representing the lack of a Jewish Temple at Mount Moriah.

b) reference to the verse in Lamentations 5:18: that Mount Zion, that is, the Temple Mount, "which is desolate" will have "foxes walk upon it.”*

c) situation whereby the ruins of the site remain unexcavated by archaeologists to discover its important historical, cultural and religious significance.

or -

d) a song played by the Irish group, Dread Sovereign, who believe in "filthy cult old doom, black and heavy metal", who also don't mind displaying Hebrew in their graphics in the latest clip:

Yes, it is "d".

If anyone has the song, let me know. I know nothing about it but will try contacting the band.

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* The understanding is, however, as is recorded in the Talmud's Tractate Makkot (24b), that if the prophecies of destruction have been fulfilled, so will be the ones by the prophet Zechariah about the Temple being rebuilt - as so:

The Gemara relates another incident involving those Sages. On another occasion they were ascending to Jerusalem after the destruction of the Temple. When they arrived at Mount Scopus and saw the site of the Temple, they rent their garments in mourning, in keeping with halakhic practice. When they arrived at the Temple Mount, they saw a fox that emerged from the site of the Holy of Holies. They began weeping, and Rabbi Akiva was laughing. They said to him: For what reason are you laughing? Rabbi Akiva said to them: For what reason are you weeping? They said to him: This is the place concerning which it is written: “And the non-priest who approaches shall die” (Numbers 1:51), and now foxes walk in it; and shall we not weep?

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Music of Palestine

A song copyrighted January 1945, Palestine

and catalogued here.

and another Dixieland jazz song, "Leena from Palestina".

Some of the lyrics:

In the Bronx of New York City
Lived a girl, she's not so pretty
Lena is her name.
Such a clever girl is Lena
How she played her concertina
Really, it's a shame.
She's such a good musician
She got a swell position
To go across the sea to entertain.
And so they shipped poor Lena
Way out to Palesteena
From what they tell me, she don't look the same.
They say that Lena is the Queen o' Palesteena
Just because she plays the concertina.
She only knows one song,
She plays it all day long
Sometimes she plays it wrong,
But still they love it

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Danino's Dithyramb

Barry Danino wrote in Haaretz a week ago about a museum. Maybe his first contribution.

The Hebrew Music Museum in Jerusalem.

He discovered that the

website of the museum’s founder, Laurent Levy, sheds light on his worldview. He notes that...“The return of Jews of the Diaspora to the land and to the Torah are two phenomena that we will witness in Israel in the coming years; that is, we will study Torah more intensively and thus reveal more of the Divine aspect of the world for the benefit of Jerusalem, Israel, the world and everyone on earth. That’s how the Third Temple will be rebuilt.”

The mention of the Temple seemed to have unnerved him.  The title of the column is 'The Third Temple will be rebuilt'.

A Twitter promotion reads:

The main exhibit at the Hebrew Music Museum? A model of the Temple in Jerusalem, of course! 

As if the Temple was not filled with music. It was. It was.

He then concluded that the museum 

is another stage in the preparations for rebuilding the Temple, since, as its founder notes, “In the Temple it was forbidden to offer sacrifices, to confess sins or to come close to God without the music.”

The museum’s founders are ignoring the words of the prophet Isaiah, “For my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples,” (Isaiah 56:7), which requires respectful cooperation with representatives of all religions, including Islam – and certainly doesn’t call to exclude them.The founders missed the opportunity to achieve their declared goal to “unite, gladden and awaken each person’s inner good” through music. The museum is another indication of the trend we are witnessing in educational and cultural institutions...conveying messianic-religious messages in the guise of educational content.

I am not sure how Danino understands an "exclusion" element or how the museum founders have "failed".

I am definitely amused by his attempt to turn around a music museum into a one-horse "messianic-religious message".

Pity the man.

P.S.

"Dithyramb" is any wildly enthusiastic speech or writing.

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US Jlm Consulate Supports BDS Promoters

Last week, I pointed out that finally, the United States Jerusalem Consulate had included an Israeli group in one of its programs of culture rather than shunning them, as per its usual discriminatory policies (I wasn't aware that the group had been supported by the Consulate since 2008 or so).

I was premature in my joy.

As a sharp-eyed viewer alerted me, the group, Heartbreak, seems to be pro-BDS.

Besides radical lyrics:

one of the members is wearing a T-shirt with a unique logo:

Where can you find that logo?

There at the site of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel.

Do they see themselves as part of this initiative:

Note what the arrow is pointing to:

Aaron Shneyer, the group's founder, had published in Commonground in 2008 this:

We need a cultural revolution. We wait too long to governments and armies to bring peace and security. Fear and mistrust against the other fill our being. Good people, love - peace, Israelis and Palestinians are convinced that there is no partner for peace. Many of them are not aware that every Israeli and every Palestinian is the power to shape the future. Artists as well as for communication has a tremendous ability to help build bridges of trust and human despite the political and social barriers that separate us now. For our future, we must eliminate the hidden wall that separates us too long. Herein lies our strength.

If we can harness the power of music, so I thought, to make connections between the Israeli and Palestinian musicians young people can also build trust among the masses. A year ago I started the project "Heartbeat Jerusalem" (Heartbeat: Jerusalem) assisted by MTV and Fulbright U.S. State Department. Project goal was to harness the power of music to build trust between Israelis and Palestinians by establishing an ensemble of musicians young Israelis and Palestinians.

During the two months I met with Conservatory Director and principal of a school that I could find. Most supported the project wholeheartedly but there were also a number of Palestinian educators strongly opposed the meeting between young Palestinians and Israelis seem to present them as equals. Palestinian educators worried encounter with the "enemy" marks the current situation is normal for young people. They insisted that such programs harmful than they are helpful and they will hurt the national struggle and present the occupation as normal if they "wash the brain" young love your enemy. But it is just the opposite is true: continue to fight and continue to hate lead to normalization. To end the occupation and to put an end to terrorism, to all the people from the river to the sea will enjoy security, justice and freedom - the people on both sides to learn to trust each other. Without mutual trust we discuss ourselves to fight forever.

Shneyer can be seen here at a rally to "end the siege on Gaza".

and you can read here more on the group.  And here is his rationale.

So, what type of "peace" are they singing about?

Is the Consulate fully apprised about all this?

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Bruce Springsteen's Music As A Religious Experience

“A Springsteen show is a lot of things, and it’s partly a religious experience. Maybe he comes from the line of David, a shepherd boy who could play beautiful music, so that the crazy become less crazy and Saul the king finally chills out. Religion is a system of rules and order and expectations, and it unites people in a purpose. There really is a component of Bruce that is supernatural. Bruce is Moses! He led the people out of the land of disco!”

Jake Clemons
(the nephew of)

(for CD)


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Coming Soon to Jerusalem's Light Rail?

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(k/t+RH)

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The West Bank...Steppers?

Who would have known?

THE WESTBANK STEPPERS
22ND ANNUAL PARADE
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4th 12-4pm

Start: 1700 Hero Blvd. Down L.B. Landry to Ptolemy. Left on Ptolemy.
Stop: 1335 Ptolemy. Down Leboeuf to Socrates. Down Socrates to Hendee. Right on Hendee to Ptolemy. Down Ptolemy to Sumner. Left on Sumner.
Stop: Tracy Tiny Treasures, 1023 Sumner. Proceed down Sumner to Newton. Left on Newton to Whitney Ave. Right turn on Whitney. Down Whitney to Opelousas. Left on Opelousas to Lebouef. Left on Leboeuf.
Stop: Barber Shop, 938 Leboeuf. Proceed down Leboeuf to Lamarque. Right on Lamarque. Down Lamarque to Nunez.
Stop: Ramsey's Place, 1300 Nunez. Down Nunez to Socrates. Right on Socrates to Teche. Right on Teche. Down Teche.
Stop: Dominique's Place, 1200 Teche. Proceed down Teche to Newton. Right on Newton.
Stop: 435 Newton (Saint Club). Down Newton.
Disband: Manicure Record Shop, 1510 Newton.

Play on!

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Bagpipe in the Shuk

I finally uploaded a very short clip of bagpipe music, Arabic melody actually, in Macvhaneh Yehudah shuk:

Enjoy.

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What Is 'Divisive'?

He is:-

Much as Mr Barenboim is feted by the Palestinians, he is a divisive figure in Israel for his outspoken opposition to Israel's policy in the occupied territories, accusing Israel of "a moral abomination" at the height of the Second Intifada, the mass Palestinian uprising.  The conductor and musical director at the Berlin Staatskapelle...has also courted controversy with his efforts to perform works in Israel by Richard Wagner, Hitler's favourite composer, much to the revulsion of Holocaust survivors and their families.

Actually, if his behavior regarding the Wagner music is of any indication, it is not so much his "diviseness" as his 'spit-in-your-face' attitude he possesses.
So, he is not quite divisive as he is petulant and provocative.


Oh, and this at BBC:-

The impoverished [Gazan] coastal strip has been subjected to a crippling Israeli blockade since 2006.

Not "crippling" at all.  See here.

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Honika Electronica

Here.

Different Jewish Wedding Music

Josh, the son of David Lev Bannister, got married this week to Sarah Kisch. David was quite a rocker in his day and so, the music for the wedding including something that went like this:



(that was Tzvi Fishman imbibing some beverage at the start)







and there are more:


here


here


and here.


And you thought we wren't normal people beyond the Green Line.

Shiloh Means Music

A while back, I found an African Gospel group, GAEL, who had it hit "J'taime Shiloh".

Well, let's expand on music.

If you like Gospel music, check out Shiloh, a 5 piece Gospel acoustic band from Central Massachusetts. Belinda Morse, Janis Nelson, Dan Joubert, Phil Welsher, and Bob Nelson sing lead and harmony vocals. The band members play guitar, banjo, mandolin, dobro, pedal steel, and electric bass. Shiloh's music is influenced by Southern Gospel, Folk, and Bluegrass.

There's a Nashville Shiloh Band.

There's the Shiloh Evangelical Gospel Music Academy including Shiloh Super African Live Gospel Band with the Kushite Voices from Ghana, and the Junior LTJBM Live Gospel Band.

The Shiloh Bluegrass Band which showcases Bluegrass & Bluegrass Gospel music located in Central Indiana. And not to get mixed up, there's a Shiloh Grass Band.

And there's a The Shiloh River Band with Country Style Rock'N Roll. And Shilo Band, with a New Generation Of Country as well as a heavy metal band.

Some videos:

Madoff's Effect on Yesha Musician

Madoff Loss Hits Art Aid for Young in Israel

...the America-Israel Cultural Foundation.

Small and little known outside Israel, the foundation has enormous influence there and in classical music worldwide. Receiving one of its scholarships for lessons, conservatory tuition or study abroad is an essential stamp of approval for Israeli musicians, and the foundation counts renowned musicians like Daniel Barenboim, Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman, Gil Shaham and Yefim Bronfman as recipients when they were students. But this year, disaster looms. The foundation’s endowment of about $14 million was in the hands of Bernard Madoff and evaporated in his Ponzi scheme. Like other victims of the fraud the foundation received statements showing false earnings tied to the stock market, said David Homan, the foundation’s New York-based executive director.

...The foundation was one of many Jewish organizations hit hard by the Madoff scandal. The financial debacle has raised the prospect that it could shut down.

“I just can’t believe it will happen, or that people will let it happen,” said Orit Naor, its executive director in Israel.

So far about $1 million in emergency money has been raised from individuals, corporations and foundations, as well as the national lottery, to ensure that this year’s recipients are given their grants and maintain a slimmed-down program next fall. To save money the foundation dismissed most of its staff in its Tel Aviv and New York offices. A gala fund-raiser is planned for Carnegie Hall in January to celebrate the foundation’s 70th anniversary, and many of the big-name recipients will perform.

The loss has already meant hardship for Micha Finkelstein, 19, a cellist in the army who lives in Tekoa, a West Bank settlement. His scholarship, for lessons, was cut in half. His parents made up the difference. It’s hard to overestimate the importance of the scholarships here. They serve as credentials to be admitted to other music programs around the country. Some students choose their teachers based on the number of past scholarship winners they have taught. Some want to audition even knowing that there is no chance of a scholarship...

Music at A Jewish Wedding

That's the Eliezer Rosenberg band.

Music: Embellished and Bullied

In Étude No. 72 (“Dorian Blue”), an ancient Jewish devotional chant played with the left hand was embellished and occasionally bullied by right-hand flourishes.



Source

Je T'Aime Shiloh

Looking for something on Shiloh, my home town, I came across this clip of a song in French sung by Nadege from the Gael group, Le Groupe Adorons L'Eternel (GAEL), a Gospel Musical Group from Congo Kinshasa. They base their music on Praises and worships. Most of the time sing in Lingala but also sing in French like this very inspiring song sang by Nadege. As it has not direct overt reference to anything not Jewish, here it is (lyrics below):

Shilo



Répands en moi ta vie par les eaux de ton esprit.
Crée en moi un cœur nouveau, je t'en prie
Tu t'appelles : Je suis !
Pour me dire : Je sais !
Parce que rien ne peut troubler mon cœur en paix.
S’il faut que je te dise un mot au-delà de tous mes mots
Je te dirais : oh ! je t'aime, Shilo !

Refrain :

Shilo, inscris ton nom dans mon esprit.
Sinon je ne saurai pas vivre en moi ta vie.
Shilo, ta gloire éclaire tout mon être.
Au nom de ton amour, je vis.

Tiens ma main sur le chemin.
Viens poser sur moi ta main.
Fais briller par ton amour mes lendemains.
Au Palais des bien-aimés où ta grâce me fait régner.
Je me réjouis de partager et t’aimer.
Tendre ami : ô Shilo, viens enlever en moi le faux.
Établis dans mon cœur ce qu'il faut.

Refrain :

Shilo, inscris ton nom dans mon esprit.
Sinon je ne saurai pas vivre en moi ta vie.
Shilo, ta gloire éclaire tout mon être.
Au nom de ton amour, je vis.

Ta parole me purifie et ton sang me justifie, Shilo !
Ta puissance me régénère.
Ton esprit, en moi, révèle la grandeur de tout ton être
De tout mon cœur, pour toute ma vie je t'aime !
Ô Shilo !

Refrain :

Shilo, inscris ton nom dans mon esprit.
Sinon je ne saurai pas vivre en moi ta vie.
Shilo, ta gloire éclaire tout mon être.
Au nom de ton amour, je vis.

Refrain :

Shilo, inscris ton nom dans mon esprit.
Sinon je ne saurai pas vivre en moi ta vie.
Shilo, ta gloire éclaire tout mon être.
Au nom de ton amour, je vis.

De tout mon cœur, pour toute ma vie je t'aime.
De tout mon cœur, pour toute ma vie je t'aime.
De tout mon cœur, pour toute ma vie je t'aime.
De tout mon cœur, pour toute ma vie je t'aime.

Ô Shilo,
Je t'aime Shilo !
Tu es toute ma vie
Ô Shilo
Toi qui essuie mes larmes
Oh c'est toi, Shilo!
La joie de mon cœur
Oh c'est toi !
Oh Mon cœur t'élève,
Mon cœur te bénit, Shilo
Mon cœur t'exalte, Shilo
Sois élevé, sois béni, Shilo !
Sois béni, Shilo !

Chabad Goes Rap

Chabad goes Rap.

(Kippah tip: Life-of-Rubin)

P.S. I still like the Rabbis' Sons.