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Organizers said the event has been placed on Bush's cal-
endar, though the White House would not confirm.
"They have given us the commitment they will be
there," said Jeanne Ellinport, the foundation's executive
director.
Earlier this year, Daniel Ayalon, Israel's ambassador to
the United States, told participants at the Jewish Council
for Public Affairs plenum in Baltimore that Sharon also
MATTHEW E. BERGER
would attend the gala.
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
More than 100,000 people attended a rally for Israel
last year on the steps of the U.S. Capitol Building. But
resident George W. Bush and Israeli Prime
Heidemann said he did not expect masses of people to
Minister Ariel Sharon are expected to
travel to Washington
attend a May 19 rally in Washington to
for the May 19 event,
commemorate Israel's 55th birthday.
which would not
The "Concert for Israel" will feature major
have the same politi-
entertainment acts and political messages of sup-
cal undertones.
port for the Jewish state, said leaders of the Israel
"It's a totally differ-
Forever Foundation, a new organization formed by
ent type of event and
leading Jewish philanthropists to honor Israel.
approach," he said.
"The focus is to recognize the contributions of
"This is supposed to
Israel and the Jewish.people to democracy and to
be a concert about
humankind," said Richard Heidemann, a former
the spirit of Israel."
president of B'nai B'rith International, who is serv- Jerry Seinfeld
The foundation has
and Tony Bennett will
S
ing as national chair of the foundation with his
hired Wayne Baruch
headli ne a Washington, D.C., concert
wife, Phyllis.
of Los Angeles to
salutin g Israel's 55th anniversary.
Organizers hope to sell out the MCI Center in
produce the event.
downtown Washington, which can hold close to
He was responsible for Israel's 50th anniversary celebra-
15,000 people, and to use the concert to launch
tion in Philadelphia, and has produced concerts of "The
Israel@55, a yearlong series of educational events about
Three Tenors."
Israel across the United States, Heidemann said.
Jerry Seinfeld and Tony Bennett will highlight the
"We're going to use a series of activities to raise the spir-
Washington gala, which also will feature this year's multi-
its of the Jewish people and raise the spirits of Israel,
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because these are difficult times," he said.

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on composing movie soundtracks.
"These days, everyone seems to
write for themselves, so I write
soundtracks," he says.
That meant that Heiman was gen-
erally out of the contemporary pub-
lic eye and was often thought of as a
venerable figure from the past.
Retro Economics
Now he is back with a vengeance,
gleefully riding the crest of the
The retro trend is also being pushed
retro wave. He is creator, producer
hard by Israeli record companies. Over
and editor of the top selling
the past year, Hed Artsi has put out 15
"Hebrew Nostalgia" reissue series,
re-releases by the likes of '60s rockers
supported by the Galei Tzahal army
Gary Eckstein and the Churchills,
radio station and the . Helicon
while rival label NMC is busy market-
"Grand dame of community singing"
record company.
ing its Gold Series featuring resurrected
Heiman says it wasn't exactly
material by dozens of senior artists such Saraleh Sharon, left-, orchestrates mass
singing sessions attended by twenolsomethings, easy sailing from the outset, but his
as crooner Arik Sinai, still highly suc-
yuppies, senior citizens, Sepharadim and
venture is gathering momentum in
cessful 57-year-old rocker Shalom
Ashkenazim alike.
incremental leaps and bounds.
Hanoch, and Uzi Fux, whose Uzi and
"When I started the project, no
the Styles band was one of the country's
one at the record company believed anything serious and
first genuine rock outfits in the early '60s.
commercially viable would come out of it. But I pushed
Naturally, the handsome returns on the relatively modest
and pushed, and now we sell more copies of the albums
re-issue outlay are a major consideration, particularly at a
every month."
time when security-related problems are pushing the
To date — and there are more CDs in the pipeline —
national economy ever deeper into the doldrums.
the "Hebrew Nostalgia" series includes a collection of
Nahum Heiman has been writing "good old Israel" songs
for half a century. A few years back, he resorted to focusing
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Israeli music fraternity who are revert-
ing to source. Youngsters like Sarit
Haddad — currently the most popular
female singer in the country — and
Zehava Ben recently released albums
based on old material.

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