Along Israel's border with Gaza, thousands of people from all walks of life, all political sides and all social classes, come together to SING! Why?
It is Koolulam, a self-described “social musical initiative” that literally means to come together and sing, which encourages participants to put aside their differences, of age, ethnicity, social class or political views for a brief period and come together in song.
Distraught by the divisions in Israel, Koolulam co-founder and film director Or Taicher, wanted to do something to bring people closer together.
I wondered if musical harmony could lead to human harmony.
Koolulam co-founder and musical director Ben Yefet says that the goal is to create "a new reality, with new rules and a new experience for people of coming together as a group with a common goal: to sing well together and experience what it feels like to be something larger than our individual selves."
Learn more about Koolulam in Israel.
Learn more about the founders of Koolulam.