[Magdalen] Kaddish [was Re: RIP Leonard Nimoy

[Jay Weigel]

You know, I don't recall that we even routinely said the Pledge of
Allegiance in the Madison Public Schools. As I said, it was the People's
Republic of Madison even in the 1950s. Adlai Stevenson was reputed to have
said Madison was one of only three truly liberal cities in the country, the
others being Berkeley, CA, and Cambridge, MA.

On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 2:11 PM, Susan Hutchinson <shutchinsonca at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> On 2015-03-02, at 8:59 AM, Roger Stokes wrote:
>
> > I have never come across the last two stanzas you quote.
>
> The same holds for me -- educated in post WWII Canada. Yes, the Lord's
> Prayer was said daily in my public elementary schools in Ontario, but I
> don't recall saying it in the military base schools I attended in Canada or
> Germany from 1965 to 1969. The same goes for high schools in Alberta,
> Virginia and BC. Occasionally, but certainly not everyday, O Canada was
> sung, verse one only, and in English. The Royal Salute (God Save the Queen
> in English and French) was occasional and usually heard at military and
> civic events. In my US high school in Virginia, the Pledge of Allegiance
> and the Star Spangled Banner were required at assembly. I stood silently as
> I was not a citizen and there on a diplomatic visa. For this I got flack
> from a few students (it was the early seventies in suburban Washington DC
> -- the military, CIA and diplomatic kids were a bit antsy), but an
> explanation usually did the trick. It was hard to spot the Canadians in the
> crowd! ;-)
>
> blessings
> Susan
>
> The Rev. Susan Hutchinson
> 604-319-7148
> shutchinsonca at gmail.com
>
>