Sacred Music of the Holy Land
Giving Tuesday Live Music Event
Musicians and leaders from across the Holy Land prayerfully, evocatively, joyfully, spiritually, and soulfully brought us together with this delighful and deep hour of music for peace.
Featuring Rabbi David Zaslow, Abed Manasra, Rimon Sabbagh, Rabbi Leora Ezrach-Vered, Malkon Marizian, and Nobar Voskerijan, with words from David Less, Mohamad Jamous, Hermione Garland, Chris Miller, and Sheikh Ghassan Manasra. Video
🌟 Sacred Music of the Holy Land 🌟 For GivingTuesday!
🌟 Rabbi Leora 🎶 Abed 🎶 Malkon Marizian 🎶 Rimon Sabbagh 🎶 Rabbi Zaslow 🎶 Nobar Voskerjian 🎶 David Less 🎶 Ghassan Manasra 🎶
Sacred Music of the Holy Land Featuring Musicians of the Holy Land & For Peace:
Rabbi Leora Ezrachi-Vered
Abed Manasra
Malkon Marizian
Rabbi David Zaslow
Nobar Voskerijan
Rimon Sabbah
Hosted by Sheikh Ghassan Manasra
Join Ghassan Manasra and the Abrahamic Reunion Peacemakers for an hour of live music, inspiration, and connection for peace on #GivingTuesday, the global day of giving, generosity, and philanthropy! This hour of music and gathering is a fundraiser event for the Peacemakers of the Holy Land — please donate on our Giving Tuesday Facebook Page, Campaign Page, or during the program to receive for free an Abrahamic Reunion Lapel Pin or Bumper Sticker, or other gifts! DONATION LINK: https://www.abrahamicreunion.org/giving-tuesday-2022/
Featured Musicians
Rabbi Leora Ezrachi-Vered Rabbi Leora Ezrachi-Vered is third generation interfaith leader. Born in Jerusalem, she serves the community of Nigun Halev in the Jezreel Valley. She is committed to promoting dialogue, friendship and respect in the Holy Land. Rabbi Leora is married to Amit and has three sons.
Abed Manasra Sheikh Abed Alsalam Manasra is the Israeli Programs Director for the Abrahamic Reunion. He is an ordained Sheikh in the Tariqat Qadriyya As-Salaam (Qadiri Sufi Order Of Peace in the Holy Land), in which his father is also a Sheikh, and his Grandfather, Abdelsalam Manasra, is the Head Sheikh. He is a musician, performing classical Arabic and Sufi music and hymns with his wife, and works with young adults and youth to organize interfaith dialogue and gatherings in and around Nazareth. Abed@abrahamicreunion.org
Malkon Marizian Is an Armenian Christian youth peacebuilder from East Jerusalem, who helps the AR as a translator for many events, and is a longtime participant in the Abrahamic Reunion. Studied for an MSc in Human Rights from London School of Economics and Political Sciences, and has worked in projects helping Palestinian and Syrian refugees.
Rabbi David Zaslow Serves as Rabbi of Havurah Shir Hadash in Ashland, Oregon, where he has hosted Sheikh Ghassan Manasra of the Abrahamic Reunion. Rabbi David Zaslow was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1947. He was ordained in 1995 by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi under the supervision and mentorship of Rabbi Aryeh Hirschfield. In the summer of 1996 he became spiritual leader of the Havurah, which was founded in June 1985. In 2003 he completed his term as a Spiritual Advisor to ALEPH, the umbrella organization of the Jewish Renewal movement. He is a longstanding interfaith advocate and leader.
Nobar Voskerijan Nobar Voskerjian, a music artist from Bethlehem, holds a Master’s in Music Education from Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and is a professor of music at the Armenian School in Jerusalem and Dar al-Kalima School in Bethlehem. He also work as a music therapist for people with special needs.
Rimon Sabbagh Rimon is a Christian Palestinian from Ramallah. He is graduated from Bir Zeit University studying Political Science and International Relations, and is one of the members and founders of the Greek Catholic Youth Movement in Ramallah. He is engaged in the peace and cultural activities movements, and is a musician.
Hosts
Sheikh Ghassan Manasra, International Director Sheikh Ghassan Manasra, International Director of the Abrahamic Reunion, oversees programming in the Holy Land and Internationally since 2015. He was one of the Abrahamic Reunion’s Co-Coordinators in the Holy Land from 2014-2015, before moving to the US with his family, and has been an active contributing Peacemaker with the AR for more than a decade. He is an ordained Sheikh in the Qadiri Sufi Order in the Holy Land, and son of Sheikh Abdel Salaam Manasra – head of the Qadiri Sufi Order in the Holy Land. He is the founder of Anwar-Il-Salaam, the Lights of Peace Center in Nazareth, and is Director, Islamic Cultural Center in Nazareth. Ghassan is an expert and lectures in Islam, Islamic history, Sufism, and contemporary Muslim issues in the Middle East, Europe, and the USA. Ghassan@abrahamicreunion.org
David Less, US Board Chairman, Co-Founder David Less is a global teacher of meditation, conflict resolution and inter-faith dialog of over forty years. For over a decade he has been the Global Dean of the Universal Worship, an organization in over thirty countries,that honors the commonality in all religions and appreciates and respects the differences. He started promoting understanding rather than blame as a path to peace in the Holy Land in 2000 and was one of the founders of the Abrahamic Reunion shortly thereafter.
