Holy moments in the holy land

Aug 06 2012

CHICAGO:  Writer Cindy Sher who has just came back from Jerusalem, writes about her first experience in ’The Jerusalem Hug,’ hundreds of Jerusalemites stand shoulder to shoulder in a demonstration of love, peace, and unity.

“My friend and I had just left the Western Wall when we happened upon hundreds of people lining the streets of Jerusalem at sunset holding hands, dancing, and singing “Salaam (Od Yavo Shalom Aleinu),” an Israeli song, sung in Hebrew and Arabic, that’s come to symbolize a call for peace.”

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