By Nate Feldman
I recently received a brochure celebrating the Jerusalem Youth Chorus' (JYC's) 13th year. As mentioned in previous posts, this organization brings Palestinian and Israeli youth together to perform music together. The brochure mentioned that despite the continuing difficulties in the region, they "saw a 95% retention rate among (their) high school singers."
The pamphlet mentioned that in the upcoming year they "anticipate the highest enrollment in JYC history of young leaders from East and West Jerusalem."
They will later be performing in Toronto in the "first-ever Global Congress for Music & Social Change."
So, the organization continues to build momentum even as there tragically continues to be horrible bloodshed between the two people. Hopefully, groups like this can continue to have a positive effect on their respective societies by showing that co-existence in some form is possible when given an opportunity.
