C ommunity / mazel tovs
B I RTH
B AR MI T Z VAH
SYLVIA LU SCHWARTZ
MAURICE ISAAC KANTER
Joan and Mark Dossick of Langhorne and
Margate, New Jersey, announce the birth of
their granddaughter, Sylvie Lu Schwartz, born
Aug. 9, 2021.

Sylvie is the daughter of Tracie and Matthew
Schwartz of New York City.

Sylvie is named in loving memory of her
maternal great-grandmother Sylvia Dossick
and paternal great-grandmother Lucille
Meirowitz. Sharing in their joy are grandparents Randi and Gary Holsten and Steve and
Lenae Schwartz; great-grandparents Al Meirowitz and Claire and Al Schwartz;
aunt and uncles Alyssa and Sean Perlman and Jesse Schwartz; and cousins Dylan
and Sydney Perlman.
Photo by Tracie Schwartz
Maurice Isaac Kanter became a bar mitzvah
on Feb. 19 at Temple Beth Zion-Beth Israel in
Philadelphia. Maurice is the son of Gregg Kanter and Sheri
P. Rosenberg z”l, the brother of Markus and
Margaux, and the grandson of Seymour and
Rhoda Kanter of Philadelphia and Marcus z”l
and Ann Rosenberg of Dallas.

Maurice is a seventh-grader at Jack M.

Barrack Hebrew Academy. His interests include
creative writing, music composition, basketball,
skiing and travel.

Photo by Gregg Kanter
COMMUNITYBRIEFS Philadelphia Orchestra to Present ‘Fiddler’
in Partnership with University of Michigan
Musical Theater Students
THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA will
co-present a new semi-staged concert production of
“Fiddler on the Roof” on March 3, 5, and 6 in Verizon
Hall at the Kimmel Center for Performing Arts In
partnership with the University Musical Society at
the University of Michigan.

The performances will feature the orchestra and
Broadway performers sharing the stage with students
from the university’s Department of Musical Theatre.

They will perform John Williams’ Academy
Movie poster of “Fiddler on the Roof”
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Award-winning orchestrations, which will be heard
in their entirety for the first time in live performances
of the musical. Williams adapted the score composer
Jerry Bock created for the 1971 film.

“It’s amazing to me that 50 years have transpired
since this production was made,” Williams said.

“Presenting this wonderful score and show in a
form that’s never been heard or seen reanimates and
extends the life of a great project that means so much
to so many people. The story is never going to be old.

It’s as basic and human as any story can ever be.”
Broadway veterans Chuck Cooper (who won a
Tony Award in 1997 for “The Life”) and Loretta
Ables Sayre (nominated for a Tony in 2007 for “South
Pacific”) will star as Tevye and Golde, respectively,
while Chad Jennings plays butcher Lazar Wolf, along-
side many U-M students.

Conductor/Music Director Andy Einhorn will
lead the performances, which are directed by Sarna
Lapine and choreographed by Alison Solomon.

Brother Murdered by Terrorists in Jerusalem
to Speak at Temple Beth Hillel-Beth El
Temple Beth Hillel-Beth El in Wynnewood will host
at 7 p.m. on Feb. 27 Kasriel Kay, whose brother Eli was
murdered by terrorists on Nov. 21 in the Old City of
Jerusalem while on his way to work.

Kay and his wife, Shani, will speak on “Lessons
Learned from Eli’s Death, Including His Love for the
People and Land of Israel and How Everyone Can Be
a Hero” and also discuss the struggles lone soldiers
face in the Israel Defense Forces.

Eli Kay was a recent immigrant from South
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Africa who was employed as a tour guide at the
Western Wall, according to The Times of Israel. He
was walking to work when East Jerusalem resident
Fadi Abu Shkhaydam, a Hamas activist, opened
fire and fatally wounded him, injuring four others.

Abu Shkhaydam was killed by police at the scene
following a brief gun battle.

Eli Kay previously volunteered in Kibbutz Nirim
in southern Israel for a year and served in the IDF
as a lone soldier in the Paratroopers Brigade until
August 2019.

On Feb. 1, security forces demolished Abu
Shkaaydam’s home.

For more information, contact Lisa Richman at
morah1@gmail.com. Attendees must be vaccinated
and wear masks. l
— Compiled by Andy Gotlieb
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