The Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit,
Congregation Shir Tikvah and The Detroit Jewish News
invite the community to a Concert featuring

Israel's Sensational Musical Group

Reva L'Sheva

Saturday, March 25, 2000 • 8:30 p.m.

Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit
D. Dan and Betty Kahn Building
Eugene and Marcia Applebaum Jewish Community Campus
6600 West Maple Road • West Bloomfield, MI

ormance is part of
omo Carlebach Festival.

JCC or Shir Tikvah Members: $10 • Non-Members: $15
Teens and College Students to age 22: $8
Discounts are available to youth groups of 20 or more participants.

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For tickets, call the West Bloomfield JCC
at (248) 661-1000, the Oak Park JCC at (248) 967-4030
or Shir Tikvah at (248) 649-4418, ext. 11.

Funded in part by the H.S. Soble Foundation

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L'Sheva concert, there will be addi-
tional activities at Shir Tikvah.
"We find these experiences deeply
spiritual and effective at bringing
about a mindset for prayer," Rabbi
Sleutelberg says.
Reva L'Sheva will perform for any
group and with diverse musical
groups so long as there is no political
agenda.
"Even though we're an electric
band, we also enjoy playing acoustic
sets," says Katz, whose Hebrew lyrics
take off from religious passages. "I
think the music gets continually hap-
pier, and part of the message in the
lyrics I write offers audiences the
challenge of checking out what's
going on inside of them.
"I think it's good to look for what
the secrets in our lives really are, and
I also want people to get up, party
and connect to what we're doing on
the stage."

me to sing with him. I liked to do it,
but only did it for fun.

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Reva L'Sheva performs at
8:30 p.m. Saturday, March 25,
at the D. Dan and Betty Kahn
Building at the Jewish
Community Center in West
Bloomfield. Accomodations will
be made for both separate and
mixed dancing. $10 JCC and
Shir Tikvah members/$15 non-
members/$8 for teens and col-
lege students up to age 22. For
tickets, call the JCC's Kahn
Building at (248) 661-1000, the
JCC's Jimmy Prentis Morris
Building at (248) 967-4030 or
Congregation Shir Tikvah at
(248) 649-4418, Ext. 11.
Reva L'Sheva will lead Shir
Tikvah Shabbat services on
Friday, March 24. Services begin
at 6:30 p.m., followed at 8 p.m.
by a kosher Shabbat dinner,
singing and dancing. Shir
Tikvah will feature the group
throughout the day on Saturday,
March 25. The band will be
part of services beginning at 10
a.m., featuring prayer, singing,
dancing and storytelling; a
.
kosher luncheon follows ser-
vices. A 6 p.m. supper at Shir
Tikvah will precede Havdala
services at 7:30 p.m. Services are
open to the public at no charge.
There is a fee for all meals and
reservations are required. For
information and reservations,
call Shir Tikvah at (248) 649-
4418, Ext. 11.

JN: When did you decide to continue
your father's work?
I realized when he passed away that
this was the reason I had gone
through the' training, so I could take
over my father's work. I only realized
this about a week after he died — it
was really intense. Everything that I
was doing since I was born, every-
thing I had a passion for was so that
he could have his child take over his
work. It became my life's mission
almost immediately — and it wasn't
like that before.
My life changed drastically. When
you are at the bottom of the bottom,
God makes things clearest to you. It
was so hard; I grew up pretty quick.
My father died suddenly [in 1994],
and he had a year of concerts planned.
Managers called and asked for me. I
started singing right after the sloshim,
the 30 days.
I had been in Israel, then flew to
New York to the police station to pick
up my father's belongings; then, I flew
to Florida. The next day, I had to
sing. By the time I got there, I was
beside myself. It was incredibly hard; I
cried through the whole concert.

JN: What are your strongest memo-
ries of your father?
NC: Every day, there's a strong mem-
ory. The memory I've been thinking
about lately is when I was little, and I
lost my passport. We were in New
York City at the Hilton next to the
airport and it was New Year's Eve; he
had two concerts to perform in Israel.
They said if someone was sick who
needed me, I could go without my
passport, so we said there was an aunt
who needed me.
Then, we waited for a fax from a
government official. We tried to get
on the plane three days in a row — he
missed the concerts. People think
Shlomo had the most glamorous life.
The cool thing about my dad is he
was so real. I just wish I could lose my
passport with him again.

JN: What is the goal of your music?
NC:I think everyone wants to change
everybody. I want to unite heaven
and earth, and bring people together,
but not by discussing. When you dis-
cuss an issue, there are a thousand
reasons why you can't bring people
together; we put so many walls

Mara Dresner writes for the

Connecticut Jewish Ledger.

