From the Jewish Journal, a bunch of totally misguided moms and dads.
Women in Black will demonstrate against the appearance of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in Los Angeles Feb. 5 and 6, after the group’s demand that the performances be cancelled was rejected….
Initially, Women in Black sent a letter to the Israel Philharmonic last October, asking its members to publicly oppose “Israeli apartheid.”
Receiving no response, the group’s spokeswoman, Carol Smith, sent a letter to the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s president Deborah Borda and music director Esa-Pekka Salonen, demanding cancellation of the two concerts.
Borda rejected the demand, writing that “We will never support the silencing of artists from any culture as a means of political action,” the Los Angeles Times reported.As part of its 70th anniversary celebration, the Israel Philharmonic was scheduled to perform Jan. 30 and Feb. 1 in New York’s Carnegie Hall and Feb. 4 in San Francisco’s Davies Symphony Hall, followed by the Los Angeles concerts.
Zubin Mehta and Lorin Maazel will alternate as conductors throughout the American tour.
Moms and Dads?? These are addle-minded old people. More like Grandmas and Grandpas. I’ll try not to be too mean and keep my mouth shut now.
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Oh fer Christ’s sake. It’s a friggin Philharmonic Orchestra, in all likelihood populated by musicians with dovish political orientations! Jesus these crotchety old hippies are friggin morons!! Oh Nietzsche…
I’ll never understand the apartheid comments. These are people who want their own country. What is going to happen when they have not only a “security checkpoint” but a “national border” to cross in order to get work.
They made the choice, they could have chosen allegience to a tri-cultural democratic nation instead of a divided people on verge of civil war.
Huh?
Do you mean The Jewish Journal is/are the ‘totally misguided moms and dads’ or do you mean the Mothers in Black are Sans-A-Clue?
Signed,
Confused By It All in LaLa
I believe he meant the Mothers in Black.