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Klezmer For Katrina

Jewish community coming together
amid music to help hurricane survivors.

Suzanne Chessler
Special to the Jewish News

he New Orleans Klezmer All
Stars have entertained many
times in the Detroit area, but
their next appearance has a dramatic
mission — raising funds to repair and
rebuild synagogues damaged by
Hurricane Katrina.
"Klezmer for Katrina" — to be held
Sunday evening, Dec:18, at
Congregation Shaarey Zedek
Southfield — spotlights the
sextet and Michigan per-
formers with sponsors repre-
senting diverse Jewish organ-
izations. After the show, there
will be a Creole reception for
those giving extra money to
Cantor
support the cause.
Cantor Stephen
Dubov of Congre-
gation Chaye Olam
in Bloomfield
Township initiated-
the event. The can-
tor worked at a
New Orleans syna-
gogue for six years,
helped organize
the All Stars and
invited the group
to Michigan for
upbeat Shabbat
programs when he
was at Temple Beth
El in Bloomfield
Township.
"Out of all the pain and tragedy from
the storm, its nice to see that the group
is ready to give back;' says Cantor
Dubov, who will be singing as part of
the show and will be featuring his Kids
Klez Band to get the evening started.
"New Orleans artists are all suffering,
and they are precious and special."
The New Orleans Klezmer All Stars,
who have recorded three CDs, actually
are having a reunion when they come to
Southfield. All are full-time musicians
with differing work outside the klezmer
band, and they had to scatter across the
country when the storm approached.
"I actually lucked out with the home I
live in because it was saved',' says drum-
mer David Sobel, who is back in New

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Orleans trying to get his life in order
again. "The house is on a natural ridge
above sea level. I did lose rental property
because the water went inside."
Accordion player Glenn Hartman
moved his family to San Francisco,
"where his wife found work as a neurolo-
gist. Hospitals are still closed around
New Orleans.
"The All Stars have a unique body of
material because we've written all of
says Hartman, back in
Louisiana to present a musical
program in the schools. "Our
reunion will be emotional.
Since the storm, a lot of expe-
riences have had big, emotion-
al impact."
The group, which includes
former Lansing residents
Dubov
Robert Wagner (on clarinet)
and David Reveck
(on violin), will do
a workshop with
young Michigan
instrumentalists
on the afternoon
before the concert.
Also participating
will be Jonathan
Freilich on guitar
and Nobu Ozaki
on bass.
CDs by the All
Stars and the Klez
Kids will be on
sale..
- Glenn Hartman
"We will be
singing 'We Are
One, co-written by Rabbi Paul Yedwab
and Scott Stern of Temple Israel [in West
Bloomfield];' says Cantor Dubov, who
performed at the New Orleans JazzFest
with the All Stars and helped introduce
Jewish music into the citywide event.
"'We Are One' is about Jews joining
together, and that's what we will be
doing to benefit synagogues."

"Our reunion will
be emotional.
Since the storm,
a lot of experi-
ences have had
big, emotional
impact."

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"Klezmer for Katrina" begins
at 7 p.m. Sunday, Dk. 18, at
Congregation Shaarey Zedek,
27375 Bell Road, Southfield. Cost:
$18 concert, $90 concert and
Creole afterglow. (248) 646-3100.

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