Article: Palestinians serenade Holocaust survivors For youth concert, conflict put aside

Isabel Kershner The New York Times Media Group
International Herald Tribune
03-27-2009
Palestinians serenade Holocaust survivors For youth concert, conflict put aside
Byline: Isabel Kershner The New York Times Media Group
Edition: 3
Section: NEWS

HOLON, Israel --

For just over an hour, a club for elderly Holocaust survivors on a side street in this suburban town south of Tel Aviv came alive with an encounter of an extraordinary kind.

A youth orchestra came to play for the elderly Israelis, a good turn that might pass in other countries as routine. In this case, though, the entertainers on Wednesday were Palestinians, a group of musicians 12 to 17 years old from the Jenin refugee camp, once a ...

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