Jamming for peace: Tel Aviv has unity music festival with Arabs and Jews

The Jewish Arab Institute of the Histadrut held the One Note for Coexistence music show at the Duhl Center in Tel Aviv on Wednesday night, at 7 p.m. The show featured a glittering array of top Jewish and Arab musicians, and is designed to express a sense of unity – a particularly poignant sentiment in the wake of the recent acts of violence.

The eclectic artist roster featured internationally acclaimed veteran singer-guitarist David Broza, the Mediterranean Andalusian Orchestra Ashkelon with conductor Tom Cohen, Christian Arab singer Mira Awad, conductor and accordion player Ettie Tevel, Arab singer Nasrin Kadri, kippa-clad multi-instrumentalist and singer Ziv Yehezkel, who performs as soloist with the Classical Arabic Orchestra of Nazareth, and opera singer Daniella Lugassy.

In addition to the varied musical entertainment the program also featured addresses by Histadrut Chairman Avi Nissan Koren and by Jewish Arab Institute head Farouk Amrour.