Shabbat Service Marks a New Way to Observe Jewish Juneteenth

The songs sung at this Friday night Sabbath service included the traditional, "Lecha Dodi," as well as "Wade in the Water." The musical accompaniments were a guitar and an African drum. This pioneering service marking Juneteenth -- the day (June 19) in 1985 when Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, to deliver the message the Civil War was over and the enslaved were free -- was a first in many ways.