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There are no formal 
performances by this 
group. People basically get 
together for their personal 
enjoyment in shared music 
and friendships. 
“We post meeting notices 
on Facebook and welcome 
new members of all ages,” 
said Luchina, who lists 
the group on Facebook as 
Jewish Song Circle in Ann 
Arbor. “I’ve developed 
friendships from this 
program, and these people 
are very important to me.
“It’s also a nice way to 
know what’s happening 
around you because it’s 
truly an intergenerational 
community. We have young 
students and professionals. 
We have people who bring 
their young kids and join as 
a family. 
“I think it’s important for 
the students to connect to 
other generations.”
While this is a 
pleasurable activity for 
Luchina, she does give her 
interest a serious side by 

taking music lessons from 
Estar Cohen, a Detroiter 
who works as a vocalist, 
lyricist, composer and 
educator.
“Estar teaches me a 
wide variety of musical 
techniques,” Luchina said. 
“I learn about musicality 
and improvisation, which 
help enhance what the 
group does. 
 “I learned you have to 
listen and solo and give 
everyone a voice to feel 
they are also deciding and 
contributing. Among the 
works we sing are those 
by Aly Halpert, who has 
lived in Ann Arbor, and 
Batya Levine, who travels 
to various communities to 
present songs.”
The circle ends every 
session singing an 
adaptation of lines she 
describes as coming from a 
Leonard Cohen song.
‘There’s a crack in 
everything,” it says. “That’s 
how the light gets in.” 

ABOVE: Jewish Song Circle: Clockwise from bottom left: 
Yevgeniya Gazman, Emin Yelizarov, Brittany Salazar, Oona 
Woodbury, Ava Armour, Ethan Appelbaum-Schwartz, Moss 
Herberholz and Elena Luchina.
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Moss Herberholz, Beth Kirschner, Shoshanna Wechter, Brittany 
Salazar and Evan Frenklak.
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