{"id":62,"date":"2025-05-29T00:00:56","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T00:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jerusalemyouthchorus.org\/blog\/?p=62"},"modified":"2025-09-23T17:35:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T17:35:30","slug":"meet-us-on-the-frontlines-of-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jerusalemyouthchorus.org\/blog\/meet-us-on-the-frontlines-of-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet us on the frontlines of hope"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>May 29, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#25a3a3\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Dear JYC Global Family,<\/mark><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yesterday marked 600 days of war since October 7th, 2023 &#8211; 600 days of unspeakable horrors that threaten both Palestinian and Israeli lives in the present and future.&nbsp; We carry that heaviness with us wherever we go.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the same time, we know that our resilience is in our togetherness &#8211; and that our hope is in our action.&nbsp;&nbsp;So we keep singing, and keep talking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To that end, we&#8217;re delighted to report that our singers have made it safely to New York, the first stop on our&nbsp;<em><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#25a3a3\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Frontlines of Hope<\/mark><\/strong><\/em>&nbsp; tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/jerusalemyouthchorus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-12-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-63\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jerusalemyouthchorus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-12-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/jerusalemyouthchorus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-12-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/jerusalemyouthchorus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-12-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/jerusalemyouthchorus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-12-1536x1152.png 1536w, https:\/\/jerusalemyouthchorus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-12.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We have been sharing our songs and stories for the last several days here in New York (and still have a few seats left for our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/jerusalemyouthchorus.app.getcuebox.com\/o\/Q053VCG4\/shows\/88CDVMYR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">intimate concert<\/a>&nbsp;tonight on the Upper West Side) &#8211; and tomorrow will head West.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a moment when division and despair dominate the headlines, our singers are choosing another path: one of&nbsp;<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#25a3a3\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>hope, courage, and connection<\/strong>.<\/mark> Even in the midst of war, these young Israelis and Palestinians continue to meet, to sing, and to speak their truths across lines of conflict \u2014 reminding us what is possible when we refuse to give up on each other.<br><br><em>Meet us on the frontlines of hope.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"451\" src=\"https:\/\/jerusalemyouthchorus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-13.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-64\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jerusalemyouthchorus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-13.png 800w, https:\/\/jerusalemyouthchorus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-13-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/jerusalemyouthchorus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-13-768x433.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><sub><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#25a3a3\" class=\"has-inline-color\">May 26 &#8211; 29: New York City<\/mark><\/strong><br><strong>TONIGHT &#8211;&nbsp;An intimate&nbsp;concert on the Upper West Side<\/strong><\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/jerusalemyouthchorus.app.getcuebox.com\/o\/Q053VCG4\/shows\/88CDVMYR\" style=\"background-color:#25a3a3\">Reserve Your Spot For The Intimate Concert <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide is-style-wide--1\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#25a3a3\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><sub>OTHER PERFORMANCES ON THIS TOUR:<\/sub><\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><sub><sup><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#25a3a3\" class=\"has-inline-color\">May 31: Boulder, CO<\/mark><\/strong><br><em>Mt. View UMC<\/em><br><strong>7:00pm Concert<\/strong><br>8:30pm VIP Reception<\/sup><\/sub><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><sub><sup><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#25a3a3\" class=\"has-inline-color\">June 1: Denver, CO<\/mark><\/strong><br><em>Park Hill UMC<\/em><br><strong>2:30pm Dialogue <\/strong><br><strong>Workshop 4:00pm Concert<\/strong>&nbsp;<br><strong>(LIVESTREAMED)<\/strong><br>5:30pm VIP Reception<\/sup><\/sub><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/jerusalemyouthchorus\/view-and-share-sundays-powerful-concert-8332524?e=[UNIQID]\" style=\"background-color:#25a3a3\">Get Livestream Access<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><sup><sub><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#25a3a3\" class=\"has-inline-color\">June 3: Washington, DC<\/mark><\/strong><br><em>St. Columba&#8217;s Episcopal Church<\/em><br><strong>7:00pm Concert<\/strong><br>8:30pm VIP Reception<\/sub><\/sup><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><sup><sub><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#25a3a3\" class=\"has-inline-color\">June 4: Washington, DC<\/mark><\/strong><br><em>Levine Music<\/em><br><strong>7:00pm Community Sing<\/strong><\/sub><\/sup><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><sup><sub><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#25a3a3\" class=\"has-inline-color\">June 5: Washington, DC<\/mark><\/strong><br>Performance at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/culturefix.meridian.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Meridian Culturefix<\/a><br><strong>Taste of a Shared Future: A&nbsp;Musical-Culinary Journey<\/strong><br>5:30pm | 8:00pm at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/nabihadc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nabiha DC<\/a><\/sub><\/sup><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/jerusalemyouthchorus.app.getcuebox.com\/o\/Q053VCG4\/shows\" style=\"background-color:#25a3a3\">View All Tickets<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator alignwide has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide is-style-wide--2\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wear the Message. Be the Movement.<\/strong><br>Show your support for the Jerusalem Youth Chorus by wearing official tour merchandise to our upcoming concerts and&nbsp;<strong>wherever you may go!&nbsp;<\/strong>When our young singers look out from the stage and see&nbsp;supporters in JYC gear, they\u2019ll see more than an audience \u2014 they\u2019ll see their global family standing with them in hope, courage, and commitment to a shared future beyond violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Order now&nbsp;and wear your values with pride.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"521\" src=\"https:\/\/jerusalemyouthchorus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-14.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-65\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jerusalemyouthchorus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-14.png 800w, https:\/\/jerusalemyouthchorus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-14-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/jerusalemyouthchorus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-14-768x500.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In JYC, our young singers are living proof that healing and change are&nbsp;possible. Through their voices, they show us how pain can be transformed into purpose, and how a shared future can be built even in the most fractured places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Come listen. Come witness. Come be part of the movement.<br><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#25a3a3\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Because when young voices sing from the frontlines of hope, the world listens.<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With hope and harmony,<br>Micah, Amer, Jackie, and the Jerusalem Youth Chorus<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background wp-element-button\" style=\"background-color:#25a3a3\">Support JYC <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 29, 2025 Dear JYC Global Family, Yesterday marked 600 days of war since October 7th, 2023 &#8211; 600 days of unspeakable horrors that threaten both Palestinian and Israeli lives in the present and future.&nbsp; We carry that heaviness with us wherever we go.&nbsp; At the same time, we know that our resilience is in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jerusalemyouthchorus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jerusalemyouthchorus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jerusalemyouthchorus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalemyouthchorus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalemyouthchorus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalemyouthchorus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":170,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalemyouthchorus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62\/revisions\/170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jerusalemyouthchorus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalemyouthchorus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalemyouthchorus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}