(RNS) The goal of the YMCA Jerusalem Youth Chorus is to create a cohort of thoughtful, tolerant young leaders willing to explore one another’s identities, histories and life experiences through song.

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WASHINGTON (7News) — As violence erupts thousands of miles away, a youth chorus in Jerusalem seeks empowerment through song. The Jerusalem Youth Chorus envisions a ...

The YMCA Jerusalem Youth Chorus, under the direction of Micah Hendler, performs in Tokyo. (Midori S. Inoue) When Micah Hendler first went to Jerusalem with the idea of starting a choir of Israeli and ...

About to release its first studio album, the YMCA Jerusalem Youth Chorus models the meeting of music and conflict transformation. Members of the Jerusalem Youth Chorus in front of their home base, the ...

YOUNG singers from Jerusalem travelled to Oxford for the finale of their UK debut tour. Members of the Jerusalem Youth Chorus, formed of both young Israeli and Palestinian students from Jerusalem, ...

The Jerusalem Singers came from humble beginnings. In 1996, the year they were formed, there were only nine people in the choir, says director Pete Deshler. The Salisbury Township-based group has ...

JERUSALEM (RNS) While attending a U.S.-based interfaith camp as a teen, Micah Hendler had an idea. What would happen if he launched an Israeli-Palestinian choir that encouraged Jerusalem-area Israeli ...