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DeRoy Foundation grant helps Shir Tikvah students create a permanent mosaic.

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glass mosaic portraying the biblical story of
Noah's Ark is taking shape at Congregation
Shir Tikvah in Troy.

When complete, the mosaic will be a permanent
memento of this year's seventh grade class at the congre-
gation's supplementary school.
Under the direction of artists Dani Katsir of West
Bloomfield and Gail Kaplan of Farmington Hills, the
12- and 13-year-olds are learning the technique of con-

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Above:. Huntington Woods residents Emily Kramer and
Joelle Hecker, both 12, are deep in concentration.
Top right: Artist Dani Katsir of West Bloomfield inspects the
work with Ari Zirulnik, 12, of Huntington Woods, artist
Gail Kaplan, Craig James, 12, of Farmington Hills and
Jacob Mechlowitz, 12, of Sterling Heights.
Bottom right: Artist Gail Kaplan works with Miles Levin,
13, of Bloomfield Hills.

strutting a mosaic as well as the history of this art form
in the Jewish tradition.
Funding for the project comes from the DeRoy
Testamentary Foundation "Artists in the Schools" pro-
gram, which is administered by the Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit's Alliance for Jewish Education.
This is the second year of the foundation's two-year
renewal grant.
Iri addition to the Shir Tikvah project, the grant will
fund enrichment activities at 11 other local supplemen-
tary schools. Projects involve music, dance, drama, pho-
tography, storytelling and other branches of the arts. El

