I'm not a Met fan but this weekend I was at my In-Laws
(they are Met fans).Yesterday, my brother-in-law was
flipping through the channels looking for the Met game.
All of a sudden I heart this guy singing the National anthem.
I look at the set and there is Dov Levine of all people, singing away.
I realized it must be Jewish Heritage Day or something of that nature.
Needless to say I was a bit surprised to see him there.
It would not surprise me to see him attend a game but
to see him on TV was another. He's not Lubvaitch and
he certainly is not Modern Orthodox(Ira Heller did it before).
I would put him in the Black Hatcategory, so I found it to be
somewhat unusual.
4 comments:
I don't see what's so surprising. I know Dov Levine, and I saw the game, and, you're right, he's neither Luavitch, nor Modern Orthodox. But he is an American (a Yankee, in fact - no pun intended). His motivation was probably one of hakoras hatov to this (overall) great nation. I heard from the Jewish Heritage Day organizers that it was a tremendous kiddush hashem for a guy with a beard and yarmulke to get up and belt out the anthem and GBA perfectly - everyone was impressed, including the Marlins event people.
So, Meister, what's your beef?
well let's just say it's the first time
it's been done so it was a bit suprising
to me. I don't believe MBD for example
would do it. I hope that explains it.
Actually, if I'm not mistaken, the late Melitzer Rebbe zt"l once (in the 40s or 50s)led a delegation of rabbonim to Washington and led them in the singing of G-d Bless America on the Capitol steps.
Besides, Dov has a different geshtalt from MBD, (and just about everyone else in the Shiny Shoe "industry," for that matter).
Ok let's compare aplles to apples shall we? The capitol steps are not a baseball game. It has a different feel to it.
I understand the geshtalt aspect though.
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