Re: Palestinian/Jewish concert

[Fred Blumenthal <xd2fabl...>]

There used to be - and undoubtedly still is - a group of Israeli and
Palestinian musicians playing together called "Bustan Avraham."  ("Garden
of Abraham.")  They toured to St. Louis some years ago and were very good.

Fred Blumenthal
xd2fabl (at) us(dot)ibm(dot)com



                                                                                
                                 
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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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