On Israel’s 65th birthday, the Israeli Consulate decided that the best way to celebrate Israel’s Independence would be to embody the truth that a life is judged not by what one receives but by what one gives.
Israel’s gift for Yom Haatzmaut involved a week of events involving a superb Israeli musician, Tal Kravitz, performing for children, including at schools, pediatric wards, and community centers across the Bay Area, including Oakland Hebrew Day School, UCSF Hospital, Chinatown Public Library, San Francisco schools and many others.
Tal is an Israeli musician and singer who travels around the globe, meeting remote tribes and studying deeply rooted local music traditions. Wherever he travels he collects songs, sounds, rare musical instruments and the stories behind them. Israel’s 65th birthday party is dedicated to the children of the Bay, bringing together cultural and musical traditions from across the globe to sound the notes of a harmonious, peaceful future.