ISRAELI SOUL page 79 presents Israel's hottest singing sensation Noa and Gil Dor in Concert Wednesday, February 8 - 8:00 p.m. West Bloomfield High School • 4925 Orchard Lake Road West Bloomfield, Michigan Inner Circle Reserved Section: $25.00 General Admission: $18.00 Senior/Student: $12.00 This program is sponsored by the JCC and funded in part by the Manny and Natalie Charach Endowment Fund of the JCC, The Irwin and Sadie Cohn Fund and the DeRoy Testamentary Foundation. Co-Sponsored by The Jewish News. This performance is presented in conjunction with the Mid East/West Fest International Community Cultural Exchange whose major sponsors are the W. K. Kellogg Foundation and Lufthansa. Other generous sponsors are Hudson's and the Dayton Hudson Foundation; Ben Teite! Charitable Trust, Gerald Cook Trustee. For more information call the JCC at (810) 661-7634 or (810) 661-7632. 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"I thought I'd continue and do the songs a cappella, but just as I was about to do that, boom, the lights went back on. We all laughed again. "When those things happen, even though it's frightening when there's a technical failure, the fact that you managed to overcome it, and especially if you do it in a charming way, brings you so much closer to the audience. It breaks the ice, and from there on, the concert just glows." When Noa is in Michigan, she will be joined by her husband, who plans to spend a couple of weeks on the tour. During the couple's time away from work, they enjoy scuba diving, espe- cially in the Red Sea. Dancing is the entertainer's preferred exercise. Noa, who does a lot of volun- teer work to benefit women's rights groups and autistic chil- dren, expresses the source of her energy by singing a refrain from a Beatles song: "Love, love, love!" "I'm very generous with it my- self, and when you give it out, you get it back," she said. ❑ looms . Muskegon Hostess SUZANNE CHESSLER SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS W hen Noa (Achinoam Nini) and Gil Dor tour seven cities as part of the Mid East/West Fest, they can thank Sylvia Kaufman of Muskegon for organizing the program and en- couraging others to join in as sponsors, planners and partici- pants. Ms. Kaufman, director of cor- porate affairs for Amstore Corp., a national manufacturer of re- tail store interiors, initiated and is the chair of the Fest, an edu- cational community outreach program that gives inner-city youngsters insight into Israeli culture. Besides the artistic presen- tations and workshops, Ms. Kaufman helped develop a cur- riculum guide to promote un- derstanding of Israeli history, Sylvia Kaufman: Importer of talent. geography and society. "I think we really are foster- ing an understanding of differ- ing to accomplish with cultural ent people," said Ms. Kaufman, diversity programs," said Ms. who met Noa and Gil Dor in Is- Kaufman, who also is affiliated with the American Friends of rael about four years ago. The Mid East/West Fest is an the Shalom Hartman Institute outgrowth of the Jewish Cen- of Jerusalem, the Concerned Cit- tennial Celebration in Mus- izens for the Arts in Michigan, kegon, which Ms. Kaufman the Muskegon Museum of Art chaired in 1988-89 as an eight- and the West Shore Committee month community project. With for Jewish-Christian Dialogue. Married to Amstore CEO the successful appearances of the National Choir of Israel, she Richard Kaufman and the was encouraged to bring other mother of four sons, Ms. Kauf- Israeli artists to the United man hopes to continue the Fest and is working with her Israeli- States. "I've gained a great deal of born daughter-in-law, Dafna, on respect for what schools are try- a 1997-98 program.