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who I am, I don't know that there's
one that's my manifesto yet."
Zukerman was an art major at
Oberlin College in Ohio, where she
tried to find an interest that would
lead to a career different from the
family tradition. After hearing a
speaker about community murals, she
explored that market in California.
Eventually, painting led her to private
commissions that have been increas-
ing.
"Music filtered back into my life
slowly," explains Zukerman, who has
established a routine that allows her to
move smoothly between music and
painting projects within a fixed time
period. "My parents always have sup-
ported the things that make me hap-
piest. My parents do what truly makes
them happy, and I took them as
examples."
Zukerman says she has had mixed
messages on religion as she was grow-
ing up, and that has affected her spiri-
tual outlook. She describes her father,
Pinchas Zukerman, from Israel, as an
atheist whose second wife brought
Christmas observances into his daugh-
ters' lives. She understands her moth-
er, Eugenia Zukerman, grew up in a
somewhat observant family and recalls
she occasionally took both daughters
to services.
"Judaism is something I've come to
a little bit on my own in my adult
life," explains the folk artist, who has
visited relatives in Israel many times.

"I wrote a song called 'Schizophrenic
Holiday' about growing up Jewish
with different experiences, and it's on
a compilation recording.
"I taught music in a New York
Chabad, and I'll be doing a little
mural with the kids there. I'm a mem-
ber of Jews United for Racial and
Economic Justice in New York, and
I've done a benefit for them."
Zukerman, who reveals she is cur-
rently in a relationship, makes time
for running and attending to her cat.
"I've learned about being disci-
plined from my mom," explains
Zukerman, her own booking agent
and promoter who also teaches guitar
students. "She told me not to sit
around in my pajamas when I'm
working at home because it won't feel
as if I'm working.
- "When I'm not working, I love
going to see music performances of
all varieties. I try to support my
friends, other songwriters, as much as
I can. Live performances of any kind
are really thrilling to me." ❑

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Natalia Zukerman will perform
in a free concert at 8 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 23, at the Ark, 316
S. Main, Ann Arbor. Audience
members are asked to bring non-
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