The Hallelujah Dialogue Project
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The seeds for the Jerusalem International YMCA were sown in the 1920s as the brainchild of Dr. Archibald Harte. Harte worked tirelessly for his vision of an international YMCA branch in Jerusalem that would serve as a bridge between faiths and cultures in the increasingly divided city.
The YMCA Jerusalem Youth Chorus is an ensemble of high school students from East and West Jerusalem working to attain high levels of collaborative musicianship and empathy for one another. Through music and dialogue, our Palestinian and Israeli singers learn skills of communication and trust. These interactions enable our singers to form friendships with—and an understanding of—those from the other side of their city, and empower them to become forces for peace within their communities, both individually and collectively.
Israel-Palestine: Creative Regional Initiatives (IPCRI), is a nonprofit think tank that combines research with peace-building actions and advocacy across Israel and Palestine.
Our mission is to engage policymakers and the public at large in ending the occupation and promoting a just and sustainable end to the conflict.
"...I remain convinced that most human conflicts can be solved through genuine dialogue conducted with a spirit of openness and reconciliation...".
- Dalai Lama to the European Parliament, 2001