As mush as I Know the author is a man Matthew Lopez. The two slaves, who remain in the house after the family disappeared thought that the son was killed in the war. When he returns the slave says the blessing thanking God who resurrects the dead Mehayeh hamaiteem. Later, in order to help the soldier regain his faith they are trying to make a Seder. With no dishes or food they do what they can. So, sorry, Alex, I disagree with you about the author. The Torah laws on slavery, as you write below, may be right, but, it has nothing to do with the situation of slaves in the South a day after Lincoln was assassinated. Amalia
Sent from my iPad On Apr 15, 2013, at 6:47 PM, "A G" <agend...@publishersrow.com> wrote: > The play could have been much better, if the author was cognizant (she is > weak on the Jewish law and history) of a great role the institution of > slavery played in the formation of the Jewish people not only in Egypt (“the > house of slaves”) where the Jewish nation was born, but long before and long > after that. > > Before… when posterity of Abraham is defined in Torah as “those born in your > house and purchased for money” and after… with the institution of so-called > Canaanite slave, where the Jewish law mandates only either slave’s death or a > manumission into the Jewish people, i.e. no relapse into the people a slave > comes from. The effect of this institution is most profound on formation of > both Ashkenazic and Sephardic Jewries. > > In the case of African-Americans in this country, Lincoln’s act of > Emancipation denied the slaves in more than 20,000 Jewish households, which > owned slaves, the opportunity to be manumitted according to the Jewish law > and thus become full-fledged Jews. > > After the Emancipation Proclamation, many of them retained the idea of being > Jews – because under the Jewish law a Canaanite slave is a partial Jew with > obligation to fulfill all mitzvoth which are a must for a Jewish woman – > without being able now to actually become such… the pain of the situation is > indirectly touched upon in The Whipping Man. > > Alex > > From: hasafran-boun...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu > [mailto:hasafran-boun...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu] On Behalf Of Amalia > Warshenbrot > Sent: Monday, April 15, 2013 2:37 PM > To: Andrea Rapp; Hasafran > Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Play about Jews and slavery > > Andrea, > The Whipping man is still playing many communities. It is a wonderful play. > Amalia Warshenbrot > From: Andrea Rapp > Sent: Monday, April 15, 2013 2:42 PM > To: Hasafran > Subject: [ha-Safran] Play about Jews and slavery > A patron is looking for a play that was performed "several years ago" about a > Jewish slave-owning family in the Old South. > Does anyone know what that play would be? > Andrea Rapp > __ > Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author > and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) > ================================== > Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: > Hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu > To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: > https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu > Ha-Safran Archives: > Current: > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > Earlier Listserver: > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org > -- > Hasafran mailing list > Hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu > https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
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