One night in July, I was hanging out around the CIT (counselor in training) lodge, a.k.a. ha bayit, at Camp Harlam. For the past couple of days, we had been hearing about the situation with Israel and Lebanon, and my Israeli friends were desperately trying to get in touch with their friends and family. Anyway, my cell phone rang, and it was my friend Rachel Gerber. She wanted to know what we could do to help out even though we couldn't go to Israel, so, we put our heads together and came up with the idea of having a benefit concert.

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When's the last time you heard a rock band singing about rabbis "sheppin' nachas" (translation: doling out pride) or parents kickin "tuchas?" Uh, never? Well, now there's a band on the scene to fill that void. They're called Blue Fringe, and they're a group of Orthodox 20-somethings who travel the U.S. playing catchy rock/pop music to packed shows. Think Oasis meets . . .well, an orthodox band.