C o m mu nity
Israeli Diplomat
Visits Shir Tikvah
Elan Village resi-
dent Lorraine
Schoenfeld enjoys
the show.
Cantor Lori Corrsin of Temple Israel leads the
choir performance.
Temple members share popular tunes with
Elan Village seniors.
wer-
Francine Krasner,
right, of West
Bloomfieldpoforms
with the other
singers.
he singers entertaining in the small
drawing room nearly outnumbered
their appreciative audience.
In a facility where it is not uncom-
mon to have just one singer or a piano player
perform, Alicia Nuccilli, activities director for
Elan Village in Southfield, said it was "a real
treat — out of the ordinary" — for the 25 resi-
dents of Elan Village and their family members
to be seranaded by Cantor Lori Corrsin and
members of the Temple Israel choir on Feb. 20.
"An Afternoon of Song," just one stop on the
synagogue's community-outreach musical pro-
gram, was a big hit at Elan Village. To "have a
whole choir filling a whole room — they could-
n't stop talking about how wonderful it was,"
Nuccilli said.
On their way to another performance, most
of the 20 choir members had limited time to
join residents for refreshments. But, said
Nuccilli, "The children in the group made sure
they each grabbed a cookie before they ran to
their next. stop." ❑
— Shelli Liebman Dorfman,
Staff Writer
The choir includes Avivah Thomas, 10, of
Bloomfield Hills; Jenna Oates, 13, of Bloomfield
Hills; Michael Berkowitz 11, of Walled Lake;
and Sari Saperstein, 11, of West Bloomfield.
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Israel's first Ethiopian-born diplomat
will discuss the Ethiopian Jewish experi-
ence within the context of diversity in
Judaism at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March
30, at Congregation
Shir Tikvah, 3900
Northfield Parkway
in Troy.
Belaynesh
Zevadia, Israeli con-
sul in Chicago, also
will discuss her life
as a diplomat and
provide a current
events' update on
Belaynesh
Israel.
Zevadia
Earlier, at 3 p.m.,
she will meet with
Marygrove College students and faculty
at the school's Denk Chapman Hall,
8425 West McNichols, Detroit. This
will be followed by a kosher reception.
Zevadia, whose consular portfolio
includes academic affairs and minority
relations, has been stationed at the
Chicago consulate since August 1996.
She served at the permanent mission of
Israel to the United Nations in New
York City. Upon completing her cadet
training in the Israel Foreign Service,
she was assigned to the Foreign
Ministry's African and International
Cooperation departments.
Born and raised in the Ethiopian
province of Gondar, Zevadia attended
high school in Addis Ababa, where her
father was the chief rabbi of the
Ethiopian Jewish community.
After coming to Israel in January
1984, Zevadia worked as a counselor for
the Jewish Agency and as a program
coordinator for a local community cen-
ter in Jerusalem. Later, she was a research
assistant at Hebrew University of
Jerusalem, where she received a master's
degree in African studies and a bachelor's
degree in international relations.
Both events are free and open to the
public. For information about the pro-
gram at Shir Tikvah, call JoAnne Levy;
(248) 619-9669; for the program at
Marygrove, call Dr. Dena Scher, (313)
927- 1303.
Open House
Is Postponed
The March 12 open house for the new
Birmingham Aish Center has been post-
poned for at least one month.
/The new date will be announced in
the Jewish News as soon as it is set.