By Janelle Gelfand
CINCINNATI — Shira Knopp’s choir, the Ankor Choir of Israel, has sung for American presidents, popes and international heads of state. But nothing has been more exciting for the 14-year-old Jerusalem resident than discovering she has a cousin in Cincinnati. Two cousins who live worlds apart – Shira and Austin Merlin-Stetson, 17, of Deer Park – have been getting to know each other for the first time during Cincinnati’s World Choir Games.
“I heard we were going to this thing in America called the World Choir Games. A bit later, we heard it’s in Cincinnati, and my mom was like, ‘Oh my God, we have family there,’ ” said Shira this week between performances of her choir.
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