The Jewish Innovation
YACHAD (Hebrew for “unity” and pronounced YAH-had) is is an international choral community using music’s power to connect choirs from all over the world. In addition to a virtual choral festival, Yachad will host an International Choral Exchange Program in Krakow, Poland in Summer 2015.
This program, in partnership with the Jewish Community Center and Jewish Culture Festival, both in Krakow, Poland, will bring students from the United States, Poland, and Israel together for the Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow. Not only will students and educators learn about Jewish life beyond Auschwitz through in Jewish music and culture workshops, but they will teach each other about their respective country’s languages and cultures and will engage in international and multicultural dialogue.
Finally, they will have the opportunity to perform as a combined choir at 25th Annual Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow alongside 30,000 musicians, artists, participants, and scholars from around the world. With your help, we can foster international and multicultural dialogue through music to encourage peace and mutual understanding across global boarders.
The Impact
Those who are Jewish will have an opportunity to delve into their vibrant culture, as well as learn about other cultures by student-led workshops in the exchange program. Those who are not Jewish will have an opportunity to learn about and experience Jewish culture as well as teach others about their own.
Yachad is a celebration of all cultures and peoples, and will facilitate further multicultural dialogue and collaboration, and perspectives gained will also benefit their families, friends, and educational systems back home.
Yachad will give the opportunity for stereotypes and misunderstandings to be abolished through multicultural experience, and for life-long friendships to be formed between the participating students.
What Will You Do with the Money?
$2,000 will cover travel & program for one student from USA
$900 will cover travel & program for one student from Israel
$500 will cover travel & program for one student from Poland
$300 will cover accommodation for one student
$200 will cover workshop/concert fees for one student
$30 will cover one day of meals for one student
$5 will cover one workshop fee/concert ticket for one student
Yachad is grateful for ANY amount you are able to give. Together, we can make Yachad possible for students who would not otherwise be able to afford it.
