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Songs With Soul

Torah Center celebrates anniversary
dinner with musical entertainment.

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Suzanne Chessler

Contributing Writer

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ehuda Green, who sings
in the style of Shlomo
Carlebach and has per-
formed with the iconic rabbi, will
be the entertainer for the 39th
Anniversary Dinner planned by the
Sara & Morris Tugman Bais Chabad
Torah Center in West Bloomfield.
The event starts at 5 p.m. Sunday,
June 9, at the Novi Sheraton and will
honor Richard Luger with the Crown
of Distinction Award and Janice
Scharg with the Woman of Valor
Award.
Luger, who serves as the synagogue's
ba'al koreh (Torah reader) and helped
establish the congregation baseball
team, tutors adolescents for bar and
bat mitzvah services. Scharg is a spon-
sor of the monthly Women's Circle
events.
"I sing my own music as well as
the music of Shlomo Carlebach," says
Green in a phone conversation from
his New York home. "I grew up on
many of his songs that make people
happy and give them hope.
"The songs have a connection to
Jewish roots and bring a high level
of emotion. There is a sweetness in
these sounds and a feeling of getting
elevated as a Jew:'
Rabbi Carlebach, who wrote and
performed music to inspire and
engage Jews of diverse observations,
died in 1994 after building a vast pres-
ence outside of the rabbinate with
many recordings and an international
stage legacy.

His most famous song, according to
the New York Times, was "Am Yisroel
Chai" ("The People of Israel Live").
Soul Doctor, a musical about the late
rabbi, is expected to open this summer
on Broadway.
Green, in his 40s, has been a
Carlebach fan since he was 5 years old
and living in Israel. He immediately
connected with the soulfulness of the
sounds and absorbed their essence
into his own style.
"Shlomo Carlebach made a revolu-
tion in my childhood," Green says.
Two decades later, in England,
Carlebach and Green appeared
together for the first time and went on
for additional performances in Israel.
Those experiences led to Green's work
at the Carlebach Shul in New York,
where he continues to appear for two
Sabbath programs each month.
Although Green has gotten to know
the Carlebach family while develop-
ing an independent career, he does
not perform with the rabbi's daughter
Neshama because of strict religious
observance.
When Green visits Michigan, he will
bring two guitarists and work with six
other local musicians to enlarge the
musical experience. His latest record-
ing is Peace in My Heart. His first
recording was Land of Your Soul, and
that was followed by Yearning.
Hebrew dominates the lyrics.
"I write music for the prayers," says
Green, whose earlier appearances in
Michigan have been for a school, a pri-
vate party and High Holiday services. "I
want to bring unity to all Jewish people,
whether Chasidic or secular." ❑

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