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We can live here for
about the same as
what we were paying
in our condo."

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Troy Tidwell of St. Peter Claver Catholic Community in Detroit, Ariksha Das

of Hare Krishna, David Kalton of the Downtown Synagogue and Ekanta Das
of Hare Krishna

-Dan and
Nori Braude,
enjoying life at
Fox Run since

Perfect Harmony

Interfaith Outreach Network
enjoys a blended worship service.

2003

Rabbi Dorit Edut
Special to the Jewish News

oices of young and old of
many different faith com-
munities blended together to
sing "I'd like to teach the world to sing
in perfect harmony ..." at an interfaith
service to uplift the youth of Metro
Detroit held July 17 at the St. Peter
Claver Catholic Community in north-
west Detroit.
Organized by the Detroit Interfaith
Outreach Network, a program that
meets at the Isaac Agree Downtown
Synagogue in Detroit, the service was
the first of a series of worship pro-
grams planned every two months to
bring the urban and suburban inter-
faith communities together for prayer
and socializing.
The event began with a potluck held
in the church courtyard. Afterward, the
church pews filled quickly with close
to 200 people representing the many
faiths —Muslim, Buddhist, Jewish,
Catholic, Baptist, Presbyterian and
other Christian denominations — who
had come together to express in prayer,
poetry, song and dance their commit-
ment to bring hope and love to the
youth of Metro Detroit in these chal-
lenging times.
DaVid Powell, vice-president of the
Downtown Synagogue, used the words
of the Shema prayer to remind us that
education is key to the successful future
of our youth, while Imam Abdullah Bey
El-Amin of Detroit's Muslim Center
spoke of the need for adults to look at
what models of behavior and values are
being shown to the children around us.
A deeply moving moment occurred
when legally blind Hamza Kaakarli, 12,
powerfully chanted the Muslim call to
prayer, which recognizes God's great-
ness, as well as an entire chapter of the
Koran by heart. Other young partici-
pants included Stephanie Flounory of

Martin Mandelbaum conducts the

Bel Canto Singers at the interfaith
service.

Rabbi Dorit Edut of the Downtown

Synagogue reads Psalm 150 in

Hebrew, then Torrin Lee Evans of

Detroit translates.

St. Peter Claver, who performed a praise
dance; Kristian Wright of Fort Street
Presbyterian Church, who recited a
poem; and Torrin Lee Evans of St. Peter
Claver, who gave the English transla-
tion of Psalm 150, read in Hebrew by a
member of the Downtown Synagogue.
The Bel Canto Singers, under the
direction of Martin Mandelbaum, sang
several beautiful selections, includ-
ing Esa Einai (I Lift My Eyes To The
Mountains).
The next interfaith service of this
group is planned for mid-September at
the Fort Street Presbyterian Church. For
further information or to participate in
future services, call (248) 543-4255. ri

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