While so much of the world seems determined to pit Jews and Arabs against one another, every Thursday night in Jaffa, Israel, something very different happens.
A 25-piece Israeli orchestra called Firqat Alnoor brings together Jewish and Arab musicians, Muslim, Christian and Druze, to simply play together. All citizens of Israel.
No performance for the cameras. Just musicians playing for one another. And they do it entirely without sheet music.
I happened to walk past Fairuz Café this afternoon and heard them. I had to film it it and show you how beautiful they are.
This is the Israel the rest of the world often refuses to acknowledge.
Not a perfect Israel. There is racism, there are divisions, and there are very real problems. But there is also this.
Jews and Arabs living and working side by side. Arab doctors, government officials and business owners. Muslim, Christian, Druze and Jewish Israelis sharing workplaces, neighborhoods and daily life.
For the past six years, I’ve wor...
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