Bridge Made of Music

On the evening of December 15 we gathered at the Jerusalem Felm Center for a magical night of songs in English, Hebrew, Arabic and Finnish, happy to renew this new tradition.

Two years ago we held such an evening for the first time and were so enthusiastic about it that we immedietly decided to make it an annual tradition, inspired by the Christian tradition of choral singing and adapted to the interfaith context.

Our interfaith encounter ensemble, that works together for already three years, joined by volunteers from other groups of the Interfaith Encounter Association, as well as Felm Center staff, played traditional Arabic songs, Christmas songs and Hanukkah Songs, chants and even a lullaby, and the audience sang along with great energy.

You can watch the full performance in the link below.

Links:

• Full evening recording
• IEA website
• Get invovled

Reut Sadaaqa Interfaith Encounter Group went back to meeting online because of concerns regarding the new corona wave.

The topic was: Music and Song in your tradition or any tradition.

Hanna, a veteran member of the group and gifted singer, presented to us about different uses of music in Judaism and sang us some examples. 

Judith showed how music helped her overcome grief, and played too.

Sari-Johanna shared about the use of organ in the Christian tradition.

The group discussed music as a universal language, the use of meditative chant, the use of religious songs in popular culture and its counterpart, the use of pop music in religious service. It was a very enriching encounter.

Links:

• IEA website
• Activity & annual reports
• Get invovled