Palestinian/Jewish concert

[Judith R Cohen <judithc...>]

hi, just returned from a concert here in Toronto, "Imagine Peace", with
Palestinian (and other MIddle Eastern mostly Muslim, some Christian
Coptic) and Jewish (Ashkenazi) musicians - some great singing in Arabic
and in Yiddish (latter by David Wall) and it was somewhat mind-blowing
to have a chorus of Muslims singing the refrain of "Mashke"!  The last
few numbers were for dancing - from both musical sides, but with
everyone dancing together, as indeed the musicians played and sang
together. No one talked politics. No one talked about The Situation. A
brief utopic interval, which should not have been either brief, utopic
(should be daily reality) nor just an interval.... it was great - Judith

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