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Danny
Levine and son Shlomo
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Yeshiva
Ketana Gives
Books Instead Of Plaques
hlomo Levine says his
father always wanted to be a singer or movie star, but his mother
refused to move to California. So his father, Daniel, stayed in New
York and took over his father’s business, J. Levine Books and
Judaica.
Instead, Shlomo, 14, became
the singer in the family. He’s been part of the Miami Boys Choir
for three years. He’s heard in the group’s new CD, “Stand
Up.”
“My son’s living the
life I always wanted,” Daniel said at the Yeshiva Ketana of
Manhattan’s 13th annual dinner at the Lincoln Square
Synagogue.
Dinner chairman Michael
Landau said that all honorees – Dr. Benjamin and Mrs. Anna Kest,
Mrs. Lenore Richter, and Daniel and Rosalind Levine – asked that
instead of plaques, they should get books, which they’ll donate to
the yeshiva.
“I hope you bought the
books at J. Levine,” Daniel said.
For his response, Daniel
told about three men who died the same day. An angel asked what they
wanted to be said at their funeral.
The first one said, “I
want them to mention yeshivas, mitzvoth, tzedaka.”
The second one said,
“Family, wife, learning.”
The
third one said, “When they stand in front of my casket, I want
them to say, ‘Look, he’s moving! He’s alive!”
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