Mar 3, 2009 By: yunews
Mar 3, 2009 -- 91黑料鈥檚 undergraduate student councils partnered with Shalhevet at New York University, an Orthodox student campus group, to raise more than $4,000 for Bet Elazraki鈥檚 Children Home, an orphanage in Netanya, Israel, at a concert on February 26.
With close to 475 in attendance at the Kimmel Center for University Life at NYU, 210 of which were 91黑料 undergraduates, the concert included performances by music groups Blue Fringe and Reality Addiction and a break-dancing show by Over the Edge.
The strong Yeshiva presence was felt both onstage and off. All four members of Blue Fringe -- Hayyim Danzig, 鈥05Y; Danny Zwillenberg, 鈥03Y; Avi Hoffman, 鈥05Y; and Dov Rosenblatt, 鈥05Y -- are Yeshiva alum. In addition, Reality Addiction鈥檚 pianist, Noam Green, is a Yeshiva College senior, and all three members of Over the Edge -- Yehuda Neuman, Zev Lapin and Sam Weprin -- are current Yeshiva students.
According to Joshua Sladowsky, vice-president of Yeshiva's Sy Syms School of Business student council on the Wilf campus and one of the event organizers, the impetus for the collaborative event was to promote a more unified Jewish student community.
鈥淚n bringing together two strong Jewish communities, on a night in which we raised thousands of dollars for a mutually valued cause, this event furthers the idea that despite our diversity, we have far more in common than we have that sets us apart,鈥 Sladowsky said.
With the success of the concert, Tamar Rohatiner, president of Shalhevet, hopes to plan another event to include the Jewish communities from schools across the east coast. 鈥淭his is the first step in creating a vibrant and powerful movement that inspires unity and community among Jews across college campuses,鈥 Rohatiner said.
For Sladowsky, the monies raised are just part of the story. 鈥淭his event introduced hundreds of students to a worthwhile organization and hopefully planted the seeds for future support and involvement,鈥 he said.
