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The Moscow Jewish Choir offers messages
of peace, unity and tolerance.

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musical tradition to Russia; it had not
been heard there since the early 1900s.
After receiving permission from gov-
ernment officials, Touretsky traveled
to libraries in Israel and the United
States in search of Russian Jewish song
— it was nearly extinct in his home-
land, where it had been systematically
destroyed by the Communists.
Touretsky said audiences can expect

hey want to use music to
rid the world of anti-
Semitism.
This may be a lofty goal
for a group of singers, but the Moscow
Jewish Choir is no ordinary assembly
of vocalists. After all, the choir is .
responsible for bringing
Jewish song back to the
stages of Russia.
On Tuesday, Oct. 23,
the Moscow Jewish
Choir's vocalists perform
at the Millennium
Theatre Center in
Southfield as part of a
20-city North American
tour.
Singing in eight differ-
maddePitiNtr
ent languages, the group's
repertoire ranges from
The Moscow _Jewish Choir isn't preoccupied with
Jewish classics and liturgi-
threats of additional terrorism. "We've played in far
cal pieces to pop and
more volatile regions," said Artistic Director Michael
Broadway hits. Over the
Touretsky. "We played Chechnya."
past two years, the choir
has performed more than 200 shows
around the world, including an appear-
an energetic performance by vocalists
ance in Washington, D.C., for a con-
of the highest caliber, singing a wide
gressional Chanukah celebration.
range of songs, with dancing, choreog-
Aside from entertaining audiences,
raphy and lights."
the group strives to promote an under-
The tour ends next month with a
standing of peace, unity and tolerance,
performance in New York's Carnegie
according to artistic director Michael
Hall, a concert that was almost can-
Touretsky.
celed following the terrorist attacks on
Speaking mostly through a transla-
America.
tor, Touretsky said the group is able to
"We called the box office and the
show the world the beauty of Jewish
temples that had pre-bought show
culture and help build a greater appre-
tickets," said Touretsky, "and the
ciation of Judaism. Understanding
response was the same: 'Now more
helps build respect, he said.
than ever, we need you here because
"It's an anomaly how popular we are
your group encompasses the spirit of
in Russia, where the majority of our
survival.'"
audience is not Jewish," Touretsky
Ten percent of proceeds raised from
said. "After our shows, we talk to peo-
the Moscow Jewish Choir's tour will be
ple who say they've never heard Jewish
donated to the New York Firefighters'
music before. They are impressed by
9-11 Disaster Relief Fund.
how beautiful it is."
Touretsky, a lifetime student of
The Moscow Jewish Choir per-
music, grew up studying with some of
forms 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23, at
the top masters in Russia. He attended
the Millennium Theatre Center,
a choir college and later studied at the
15600 J.L. Hudson Dr., in
Gnessin Institute. He also trained as a
Southfield. $25-$40; tickets
symphony conductor.
available at the door. For advance
In 1989, the American Jewish Joint
tickets and information, call
Distribution Committee asked
(323) 571-2477.
Touretsky to reintroduce the Jewish

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