Festival for a Shekel

Festival For Shekel

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    Festival Be’Shekel, was founded in 2001 by a group of artists and activists for social change, led by the prominent Israeli musician Sha`anan Streett (of Hadag Nachash).The founders of Festival Be’Shekel had a vision to combat cultural impoverishment in Israel`s periphery. The festival is working to promote art and culture in peripheral areas of Israel and to expose mainly youth to cultural environments and activities, out of the belief that culture is a universal right regardless of economic status. Another target that has been placed by the festival is to implement a joint Jewish-Arab cultural project that would build bridges between Jewish and Arab teens and young adults in mixed communities within Israel through the prism of arts and culture. The price of admission to each one of Festival BeShekel’s activities is one shekel (approximately 18p) which enables all sectors of Israeli society, regardless of religion or social economic status, access to the richness of our local culture.

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