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Local youth held a concert to benefit Israel called Music with a Mission: Peace.
Performers included, from left, Zack Chutz, Aaron King, Ben Chudnow, Ben
Chutz, Danny Zerin, Whitney Aidenkceum, Evie Chutz, Elena Zerin, Amanda
Millstein, Sam Zerin and Jessie Christensen.
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allies and street demonstrations
are fine, but 11 local young
people recently used their
musical talent as a way to show sup-
port for Israel.
Billed as "Music with a Mission:
Peace," their benefit concert May 5 in
a West Bloomfield living room fea-
tured sonatas and slam poetry, a cap-
pella singing and inspired instrumen-
tals.
Many of the older kids would have
been participants on this year's Teen
Mission to Israel, which was post-
poned because of the situation in the
Mideast. The teens put on the concert
to raise money for Israel and directly
affect the lives of their Israeli friends
from the Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit's Partnership
2000 region in the Central Galilee. A
group of Israeli teens came here the
week before Passover to get acquainted
with them before all were to partici-
pate in Federation's summer mission.
All the youth displayed talent and
poise, but most moving were the
Hebrew songs sung a cappella by Elena
Zerin, Jessie Christensen, Amanda
Millstein, Aaron King and Sam Zerin.
Zack Chutz played guitar and sang
two Debbie Friedman songs that got
the audience singing.
"Being teenagers, we can't send our-
selves to Israel or donate a million dol-
lars," Chutz said. "What we could do
is this (the concert) and we did it."
Though the living room was partial-
ly filled, mostly with family and
friends, the group raised more than
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$2,047. Additional dollars are still
coming in. The donations will be
een the Ameri
divided
for Israel and
Magee
Valley International Center or Arts
and Culture in the Partnership 2000
region.
"Anyone can do this," said Ruth
Zerin, who originated the idea and
hosted the concert. "This is a way for
the average person to do something ...
to feel like you're helping your people.
I would love to do this again, or see
other people do this. It doesn't have to
be music. It can be an art show or a
poetry and writing recital."
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— Keri Guten Cohen
Helping Fight
Hunger Pangs
AZON: A Jewish Response
to Hunger has awarded a
$17,000 grant to the
Saginaw-based Center for Civil Justice,
a legal services organization. The
money will be used to support its anti-
hunger advocacy and food-stamp poli-
cy work.
Since 1986, Los Angeles-based
MAZON has granted $2.7 million to
anti-hunger and advocacy groups
throughout the nation.
"So many people never dreamed
they would need the services of a food
pantry or soup kitchen to feed their
kids. MAZON is proud to support the
people of Michigan in combating the
pain of hunger," said Dr. H. Eric
Schockman, the organization's execu-
tive director.
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— Robert A. Sklar