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ISRAEL 44
Direct from Israel! 'Orot Hashchuna9
A family concert for all ages
By Boberta Shkolnik
On Sunday, May 3, at 3
p.m., as part of the Israel 44
Independence Day festivities
at the Leo Yassenoff Jewish
Community Center, "Orot
Hashchuna," an Israeli dance
troupe, will perform a free
concert in the Roth/Resler
Theater.
The troupe, whose name literally means "Neighborhood
Lights," was formed from Israel's 90 Project Renewal
neighborhoods and is comprised often singers and dancers ranging in age from 17 to
22.
"We are really excited about
having this internationally acclaimed musical group perform
at our Israel 44 celebration,"
stated Israel 44 Chairwoman
Lori Serbin Lasday. "Everyone
should be in the theater on Sunday, May 3, to see what this
group of young Israelis is doing
to communicate to Jewish communities worldwide the success
story of Project Renewal."
The group's members reprer
sent a cross-section of the
communities where Project
Renewal, a program that has
transformed over a 100 depressed and disadvantaged
neighborhoods in Israel, is at
work. These neighborhoods
include Or Akiya, Ramat
Eliahu in Rishon Le Zion, Bet
Dagan, Givat Olga, Hadera,
Tirat Ha Carmel and Ramie
which are twinned with Jewish
communities around the
world.
Since the inception of. Project Renewal, performing groups
have become a way of improving neighborhood self-image
and creating a sense of pride in
both the community and the individual. Youth orchestras,
community theater groups,
dance troupes, choirs and ethnic folklore groups have devel
oped in almost every renewal
area.
The "Orot Hashchuna"
group, with its members being
selected through an auditioning process, spends more than
15 hours a week rehearsing
and learning material for their
show. Each member, voluntarily, takes time off from
school, work or army service
to participate in tour preparations. This personal commitment and self-discipline demonstrates their sense of responsibility as representatives
of the 450,000 residents of the
Project Renewal neighborhoods.
The troupe will perform its
new program entitled "Katya
Comes Home," which revolves around , the dramatic
changes occurring in Israel, as
the country faces the challenge
of absorbing the hundreds of
thousands of new olim from
the Soviet Union who have
arrived in Israel since the
spring of 1990. The star of the
show is Katya Koslovskay, a
Soviet immigrant Jierself, who
recently made Aliyah to Israel
at the age of 20. In a humorous
and upbeat fashion, Katya
portrays the difficulties that a
new immigrant from the Soviet Union faces upon her arrival in Israel. The show is interspersed with a variety of
musical numbers in English,
Yiddish and Hebrew.
Members of the troupe who
will be pejfonni-g for Yom
Ha'atzmaut are: Re'em Ba-
shari from Mizrach, Rishon
Lezion who presently serves in
the army and studied guitar in
the neighborhood conservatory; Efrat Ezer from Beer-
sheva, who has studied voice
and, in addition to Orot, sings
for a dance group; Revital Ga-
lil from Afula, presently in the
army and has studied ballet,
jazz and tap dancing; Lilach
Horen from Afula, who studied classical, modern and tap
dancing; Alexander "Sasha"
Kaminsky from Tel Aviv, who
studied acting in Leningrad
and has appeared on Israel
television and made several
stage appearances; Katya Koslovskay from Jerusalem, a music graduate from a Ukraine
college who is presently studying music at the Rubin Academy in Jerusalem; Karin Lapi-
dot from Beersheva, a student
studying voice and guitar;
Tzachi Levy from Tirat Ha-
carmel, with the I.D.F., who
has been on the stage since he
was a child; Alton Ortal from
Shchunat Hatikvah, Tel Aviv,
who recently began his army
service and has been working
in gardening since graduation;
and Galit Sabag from Ramie,
with the I.D.F., who has been
with Orot for over four-and-a-
half years.
Since the "Orot Hashchuna*' troupe began in 1985,
more than 50 members have
passed through its ranks.
For more information about
the performance or the Israel
44 celebration, call the Federation, 237-7686.   i
Roberta Shkolnik is a staff
member at the CoIumbusJew-
ish Federation.
Israel 44 activities set
"Kabbutz Galiot" or "Ingathering of the Exiles" is the
theme for the 44th anniversary of Israel Independence
Day.
Columbus' New Americans are fully participating in
the festivities, preparing strudel from old country family
recipes, for sale at the "Dizengoff Cafe" which will be set
up at the Jewish Center on May 3.
This year's event will feature a "shuk" or marketplace
with booths staffed by community organizations including Hadassah, Martin's, Agudas Achim, Tifereth Israel,
Torah Academy, Israel Bonds, National Council of Jewish ■
Women, Jewish National Fund, ORT, Jewish Family
Services, Americans For a Safe Isarel, ADL, Heritage
House, Columbus Jewish Foundation and Deborah Art
Collection. The shuk will be open from noon to 6 p.m.
For the first time, the Columbus celebration is reaching
out to non-Jewish friends of Israel. Many church members will be attending, including members of "Voices
United for Israel," a gorup of Jews and Christians organized to support the Jewish state.