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decision to maintain or cancel a future event remains exclu-
sively up to them, said Ted Cohen, Federation’s chief marketing
officer.
Chief Chuck Nebus of the Farmington Hills Police
Department said Adat Shalom reached out to request a police
detail to cover the concert and told police the singer was con-
troversial and that they’d had some threats. Nebus said the
department did not give advice or tell them to cancel.
When it was determined the potential for a disruption could
not be prevented, but only responded to, the synagogue’s execu-
tive committee made the unanimous decision to cancel the
concert, Yost says.
“Our paramount desire is always the safety of members and
the concertgoers,” Yost said.
Itamar Ilsar of West Bloomfield is part of a local Jewish group
— comprised largely of Israelis and some American Jews — that
opposed Noa’s presence because of her dovish political views.
Ilsar said they did not make threats of violence and attempted
to engage in a respectful and open dialogue with synagogue
leaders to get them to cancel the concert.
“If you support Israel, don’t go to this
show. People like her fuel up the anti-
Israel propaganda.”
— Itamar Ilsar
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As news of the cancellation spread through the community,
reactions varied. An initial brief JN post on its website and
Facebook page last Friday prompted 7,000 page views as of
press time and a long thread of comments. People voiced
doubts about how serious the threats to the concert actually
were, spoke of censorship and the right to free speech and
debated Noa’s role as an Israeli musical treasure or an anti-
Israel agitator.
This post was picked up by the Times of Israel, JTA, Haaretz
and Yediot Achronot, Israel’s largest newspaper by circulation.
On Monday, the Times of Israel posted a blog by Noa titled
“The Day They Let the Bullies Win.” It was the top opinion piece
among the blogs and a JTA story about the issue was the fourth
most-shared story on the website.
Noa is part of the “peace camp” in Israel. She has been out-
spoken in support of a two-state solution and Israeli-Arab co-
existence. She has also voiced support for Israeli NGOs critical
of the Israel Defense Forces and Israel’s actions in the West
Bank.
The internationally known musician has appeared in
Michigan many times. A quick glance at the Detroit Jewish
News Foundation’s Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit
History shows Noa has performed here at least six times since
1994, with the latest concert in 2013 in Ann Arbor. The Detroit
Federation has sponsored her concerts as well as the Jewish
Community Center — nearly always in conjunction with Israel
Independence Day. In 2008, she headlined a concert with the
Detroit Symphony Orchestra for Israel’s 60th anniversary.
Adat Shalom’s letter states, “Concerts such as this are part of
Adat Shalom’s ongoing commitment to providing cultural and
educational events to our members and to the community and
are not intended to reflect political viewpoints.”
In an emailed statement to the JN, Noa said, “It is needless
to say my concerts are not political manifestos; they are a cel-
ebration of the diversity and beauty of modern Israeli culture.
After seven concerts in Detroit and thousands the world over,
this should be known. Furthermore, I am certain the Jewish
community has multiple mechanisms for dealing with security
threats, both tangible and imaginary.
“Artists have always shed light on the deepest and most
complex human emotion; they should be given wings to fly and
inspire. I pray Jewish communities the world over return to the
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