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Join TalkMatters global community on Wednesday 23rd February 2022 at 5-6.30pm  

Meet some West and East Jerusalem musicians from the Jerusalem Youth Chorus, enjoy their music and discover how music can become a framework for difficult dialogue. Recorded in February 2022.

Our speakers and musicians are

  • Micah Hendler, Founder and Artistic Director of the Jerusalem Youth Chorus
  • Shifra Jacobs, Alumnus and Co-ordinator of the Alumni Programme of the Jerusalem Youth Chorus 
  • Amer Abu Arqub, Alumnus and Co-ordinator of the Alumni Programme of the Jerusalem Youth Chorus

About the Jerusalem Youth Chorus

The Jerusalem Youth Chorus is a choral and dialogue program for Israeli and Palestinian youth, ages 13-25.  The programme provides a transformative experience for our singers that yields both friendship and understanding on an individual and collective level across lines of religion, nationality , language, and culture. We go beyond simply singing together, delving deeper into one another’s identities, life experiences, communal narratives, religious traditions, and national histories through dialogue, all within the safe space of the musical ensemble and the strong personal bonds and community it creates.  www.jerusalemyouthchorus.org.

About our speakers

Micah Hendler
Founder and Artistic Director of the Jerusalem Youth Chorus

Shifra Jacobs
Alumnus and Co-ordinator of the Alumni Programme of the Jerusalem Youth Chorus 

Amer Abu Arqub
Alumnus and Co-ordinator of the Alumni Programme of the Jerusalem Youth Chorus