Saturday, October 13, 2007

YouTube - Hdag Nahash - "The Sticker Song" הדג נחש - שירת הסטיקר

YouTube - Hadag Nahash - "The Sticker Song" הדג נחש - שירת הסטיקר
This song, which came out a couple of years ago, uses the numerous (about 300 in the song) bumper stickers Israelis display to publicize their opinions. The band, Hadag Nahash, creates a song which challenges the antipathy (bad feelings) individuals in Israeli society have toward one another based on their differences.

You can also find the lyrics here. Every line of the song is a bumper sticker.

This week, I'll hand out this month's issue of Babaganewz to my sixth and seventh graders. It focuses on Shmirat Lashon--guarding one's speech against words which are harmful or false. How can slogans, as in many of the bumper stickers in Shirat Hasticker, create or detract from an atmosphere of respectful disagreement in Israel or here in the US?

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