Christmas Concert in Jerusalem kehilla
Father Piotr, responsible for the Jerusalem kehilla, reports.
On Wednesday, December 18, 2013, the Jerusalem kehilla had the unique opportunity to hear Laura Bellon. The German singer (accompanied by Roella Dissels) came to the Holy Land with a series of concerts. Thanks to contacts with her manager (Michael Wielath) from “Set Free Entertainment”, we were able to convince the artists to participate in a small, house concert in the chapel of the Jerusalem kehilla.
Universally known Christmas carols in and worship “classics” sung by the beautiful voice of Laura created a beautiful and warm atmosphere. An unexpected free-style Hip Hop performance by Danny Fresh (who is also on tour with Laura and Roella) was a nice gesture towards the German-speaking part of the audience. The parishioners and guests (volunteers from the French Hospital, students from Ratisbonne and the Beit Yosef and others) could also taste a local specialty – “Halva Cookies”. These were made by Yossi from the Jaffa kehilla, who sacrificed his time and money to offer to everybody a “sweet piece of joy”. After the concert, we invited the artists for hot soup made by Michal (with the help of Claudia and Tali). In the opinion of a few participants at the Wednesday night event, this might be a nice tradition: to organize a Christmas concert every year.