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MORRIS SORYANO
Cities: Izmir, Turkey
and HuntingtonWoods
Kudos: Folk Dancer
Nearly all the folk dancers you'll find in
the dance studio at the Jewish Community
Center in West Bloomfield Wednesday
evenings are adults. The exception is
Morris Soryano, a 17-year-old Jewish
exchange student from Izmir, Turkey.
Izmir is Turkey's third-largest city and
was a center ofJewish culture for thou-
sands of years. Its current Jewish popula-
tion is about 2,000.
Soryano came to the United States
through a program of the Rotary Club. He
attends classes at Berkley High School.
How did you get interested in Jewish
folk dance?
"In Turkey, only kids are dancing. We
come to be with our friends. We have
about 110 dancing at the Jewish Center
in Izmir and only 20-25 are adults.
Most are 11-18 years old.
"Once a year, we put on a big per-
formance for Chanukah. We didn't do
one last year because there was too
much bombing, but the year before, it
was about the Exodus.
"At home, I'm teaching dance two
times a week and going to one meeting,
where teachers discuss what we're going
to do next and organize the classes."
you have?
"In the last two years, I went to dance
festivals in Wisconsin and Florida. And
last week, I was dancing in New York
for Purim."
What's it like to be Jewish in Turkey?
"Everybody is nice to us. I have
Muslim friends — all Jews have Muslim
friends.
"There are about seven synagogues.
Some have been there for hundreds of
years. Not all are active; there is one
from more than 2,000 years ago that's
an open-air museum today. There used
to be a Jewish elementary school in
Izmir, and now there's a Jewish Sunday
school, and the JCC where I teach
dancing. We have cultural education
with madrichim [non-rabbinical Jewish
leaders] and a weekly Jewish newspa-
per."
"Most Jewish young people from
Izmir go to university in Istanbul.
Usually, they find their husband or wife
there. It's a bigger city and they want to
stay there."
What will you do when you return to
Turkey?
"I have been accepted to the universi-
ty. I want to be an electrical engineer.
My father is a structural engineer; he is
selling electrical supplies for buildings.
ues-
tion:
Dear
Bar , y doc-
tor just told me
I am a diabet-
ic. What new
burdens do I
face? Thanks,Quite Concerned.
Morris Soryano, center, dances with the
JCC Wednesday night group.
Jewish folk dance sessions at the JCC in
West Bloomfield take place every
Wednesday at the dance studio on *the
lower level. A six-week class for complete
beginners starts April 6 6:30 - 7:15 p.m.
$40. Students are invited to stay, at no
extra charge, for advanced beginner classes
immediately following. Advanced classes
begin at 8:30 p.m., and couples dancing
runs 10-10:30 p.m. $4 per session.
For more information, contact teachers
Cheryl Feit at (248) 661-0710 or
Gordon Smith at our4feet@aolcom.
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