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trained himself to vocalize by listening
to and emulating recording artists he
liked. "This was before Beat'achon,
and I ended up not staying. When
Adam and Jordan Gorfinkel asked me
to join the new Beat'achon in 1991, I
accepted and stayed."
Schreiber, the son of Bert and Rita
Schreiber, had planned on becoming
an engineer and studied in Israel and
at Columbia University in New York.
Although he graduated from Yeshiva
with a technical degree in 1995, he
knew that music was for him and
began finding work playing the piano
and directing children's shows in
schools and camps. He was trained at
the keyboard by Fedora Horowitz, for-
mer artistic director of the Lyric
Chamber Ensemble.
For most of the group's other current
members, performing comes after very
different professional interests.
Gorfinkel works as a freelance writer,
devoting considerable time to DC
Comics. Chaim Birman is a mechanical
engineer who designs skyscrapers.
David Max is a computer engineer. Elie
Landau works for a Broadway produc-
tion company and manages a Shomer
Shabbat theater company. David
Matkowsky is a doctoral student in
political science at New York University.
"When we're in the city of residence
of a former member, that person gener-
ally performs with us," says Schreiber,
who has worked in Chicago with his
attorney friend Adam Fishman and
traveled to other towns as well. "We try
not to be choral sounding because we
want a pop style. Our CDs sell at
Jewish bookstores in many countries."
As Beat'achon gets ready to release
a third CD, which has Shabbat songs
Schreiber is trying to market secular
songs he has written on his own. He
had secular music experience singing
with another a cappella group, the
Columbia University Clefhangers.
"Being a professional singer always
has been a fantasy of mine," the
returning Akiva graduate says. "I was
in a choir at Akiva and sang at school
functions. This upcoming school pro-
gram won't be the first time
Beat'achon has performed at Akiva,
but it will be the first time the focus
will be on us. " I 1

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Beat'achon entertains at 7:30
p.m. Monday, Sept. 6, at Akiva
Hebrew Day School, 21100 W.
12 Mile, Southfield. $5 in
advance/$7 at door. (248) 356-
5663 or (248) 352-5848.

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Forward to the next
100 Years of Zionist
vision and fulfillment

religious leader of Temple Beth El who will receive
the JUSTICE LOUIS D. BRANDEIS AWARD

Voted by Lifestyle magazine's readers as one of the 18 North American Jews "who will be most
influential in shaping the future of the Jewish community in the 90's and into the 21st century."
Rabbi Syme served as National Vice President, American Zionist Movement; Director at Large,
Jewish National Fund of America; Board Member, United Israel Appeal; National Vice President,
Union of American Hebrew Congregations and is a distinguished Educator and Author.

DAVID
"DUDU"
FISHER

* Zubin Mehta rates Dudu Fisher "among
the greatest tenors in the world"
* Star of Broadway Hit "Les Miserables"
* Royal command performance in the presence
of Britain's royalty.

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Civic and Community Leaders,
Chairmen of the
Rabbi Daniel B. Syme
Thbute Committee

Rabbi M. Robert &
Sonya Syme

Honorary Chairs

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Hon. John & Mrs. Engler
Beverly Baker
Sam Berman
Minnie Berman
Harold Berry
Hon. Avern Cohn
Carol Rae Cooper
Gerson Cooper
Max Fisher
Bethea Green
Irwin Green
Irving Laker
Sheldon L. Miller
Anne Gonte Silver
Dr. I Walter Silver
Sidney Silverman
Freda Steinhardt
Dr. Milton J. Steinhardt
Rabbi M. Robert Syme

HONORARY ASSOCIATE
CHAIRS

Beverly Baker
Rabbi David Castiglione
Hon. Avern & Lois Cohn
Tarik & Helen Daoud
Mr. & Mrs. Hiram Dorfman
Irma Elder
Rabbi Sheila Goloboy

Rabbi Irwin & leypso Groner
Hon. David & Doreen
Hermelin
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Horwitz
Lawrence S. Jackier
Hon. Ira G. & Margaret
Kaufman
Dr. Jerome S. & Mrs.
Kaufman
Alan & Elizabeth May
Jennifer Nasser
Nanci Rands
Joseph & Diane Savin
Thomas L. Schellenberg
Alan E. & Marianne Schwartz
Merton & Beverly Segal
Sidney Silverman
Fred & Evelyn Simon
Frank D. Stella
Joel & Shelley Tauber
Hon. Joan E. Young

TRIBUTE COMMITTEE
(In Formation)

Alan & Harriet Ackerman
Joannie Barker & Marvin
Chaben
Fay & Bob Blau
Sidney & Anne Brand
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Broder

Dr. John & Miriam Cohen
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Canvasser
Robert & Beverly Canvasser
Jean & Howard Dubin
Dr. & Mrs. Michael Federman
Mr. & Mrs. Philip B. Fischer
Peggy & Dennis Fronk
Marion & Michael Freedman
Harvey & Lois Freeman
Arthur & Brenda Friedman
Hon. Alice L. Gilbert
Marvin Goldman
Dr. Charles & Carolyn
Greenberg
Natalie Hadesman
Jane & Ozzie Jacobson
Bobs & Herb Kaufman
Richard & Judith Komer
Eugene Kraft
Lawrence & Jackie Kraft
Rabbi Joseph H. Krakoff
Dr. & Mrs. William Leuchter
Deena & Stuart Lockman
Phyllis & Marshall F.
Loewenstein
Alyssa Martino
Judy & John Marx
Mrs. Marshall Millen
Mildred Moss
Rabbi David & Alicia Nelson

Bev & Ken Neumann
Sally & Harry Nosanchuk
Marvin Novick
Dr. Douglas &Jo Ann Allen
Nyquist
Rabbi Elliot Pachter
Norman & Susie Pappas
Sanford H. Passer &
Brenda J. Worth
Arlene & John Redfield
Rabbi Norman T. Roman
Wendy & Jeffrey Roth
Lisa & Steven Rotter
William & Marjorie Sandy
Mrs. Leslie Schmier
Lori & David Simon
Rabbi Efry Spectre
Dr. Sam & Ruth Talmer
Yolanda & David Tisdale
Mr. & Mrs. Lee Turner
Hon. Deborah Tyner &
Richard Herman
Jean & Harvey Willens
Trudi & Henry Wineman II
Harvey & Lucille Weisberg
Rabbi Stephen Weiss
Peggy & Stanley Winkelman
Walter & Marilyn Wolpin
Rabbi Herbert A. Yoskowitz
Carol & Michael Ziecik

BALFOUR CELEBRATION COMMITTEE
Zionist Organization of America • Metro Detroit District
17100 West 10 Mile Road • Southfield, Michigan 48075

(248) 569-1515 • Fax (248) 569-9945

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