Love Thy Neighbor

Following a written threat from neighbors, Gagliardi and Goldie, home life Jen and I previously enjoyed has become absolutely miserable. We’re constantly feeling tormented in and around our home. The past few months, anytime we sing or play music, they stomp on their floor or even worse.

We do love our music. Throughout history, music has helped bind people together, inspire hope, communicate a message, or other times, to exclude others. In the 1930’s non-Aryans, particularly Jews were banned from any singing or performing.

Nazis discriminated against Jews and even classical music written by composers like Mendelssohn and Mahler was forbidden. Eventually, the Nazis decided that any Jew singing or performing was a crime punishable by death. Jews who persisted singing were locked up in concentration camps, banishing to ghettos, or executed.

Jews in ghettos and concentration camps continued to write prayers, poetry, songs, or even jokes to make sure our story and traditions lived on. People use music to help express feelings, entertain, make others laugh, to tell a story, for many reasons.

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