Project Report
| Mar 9, 2022
Interfaith Singing Evening
By Dr. Yehdua Stolov | Executive Director
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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.
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Nov 22, 2021
Reut Sadaaqa Interfaith Encounter Group on Music
By Dr. Yehdua Stolov | Executive Director
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.
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Jul 29, 2021
Or-Nur - Women Interfaith Encounter Group of Haifa
By Dr. Yehdua Stolov | Executive Director
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Or-Nur Women Interfaith Encounter Group of Haifa met at the Moriah Conservative Synagogue. After not meeting for several months because of the corona we missed each other and wanted to have an encounter. It was still cool and unpleasant outside, and we were looking for a place that would allow an encounter according to the rules of the Ministry of Health. We know the synagogue from encounters in previous years and we were happy to be guests there. We met the rabbi and his family. Since the encounter was held during Woman's Week, we chose the topic of "The Smart Woman."
We began the session with a song by Yael Dekelbaum and her group in Hebrew and Arabic, "The Prayer of the Mothers," after which Rachel read an excerpt from the book "The Tao of Women." The book contains 81 reflections, which show the empowerment and power that women have accumulated in their lives over the centuries in the hope that this wisdom will not be forgotten. This concise and concentrated wisdom amplifies the voices of our grandmothers and their mothers before them. The collection of writings was discovered in 1950 near the Hunan province of China, it was written in a nu-shu language developed by women, who used it to communicate with each other at a time when society did not allow them to learn to read and write. The participants then addressed the issue of the status of women and their personal feelings.
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