stimulating, promoting and producing the next generation of Jewish Expression
Yalla Chava Alberstein
On this latest album, she's crossed the language barrier again, performing "Had Gad Ya" in Hebrew and Arabic
AJCC is a community center in Jaffa’s Ajami neighborhood that boasts over 3,000 members
from all three religions. The programs run at the center focus on
coexistence and fostering dialogue and understanding among Jews and
Arabs. Shirana is Israel’s only all-female choir featuring women from
all three religions.
Idan Toledano, Shirana’s musical director, said he reached out to contact Alberstein, sending the disc of Shirana
singing “Had Gadya” to a friend who plays with the famous folksinger.
Toledano, who also plays instruments and does vocal arrangements for Shirana, said that performing with Alberstein was a “huge honor and a
great joy”
Toledano said he sees the choir and the projects launched by the AJCC as bigger than just a forum for artistic
expression, saying “this is probably the only place in Israel where,
through music and art, you have the ability to bring together people
who live in the same neighborhood and have probably never spoken with
one another.
“With music it just happens, people come together, and perform together, it just happens naturally. I think it’s
a small example of how things need to be all over Israel,” Toledano
said.
chavcoexistence and fostering dialogue and understanding among Jews and
Arabs. Shirana is Israel’s only all-female choir featuring women from
all three religions.
Idan Toledano, Shirana’s musical director, said he reached out to contact Alberstein, sending the disc of Shirana
singing “Had Gadya” to a friend who plays with the famous folksinger.
Toledano, who also plays instruments and does vocal arrangements for Shirana, said that performing with Alberstein was a “huge honor and a
great joy”
Toledano said he sees the choir and the projects launched by the AJCC as bigger than just a forum for artistic
expression, saying “this is probably the only place in Israel where,
through music and art, you have the ability to bring together people
who live in the same neighborhood and have probably never spoken with
one another.
“With music it just happens, people come together, and perform together, it just happens naturally. I think it’s
a small example of how things need to be all over Israel,” Toledano
said.
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