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Laying new foundations

Many of the city’s community initiatives are gearing up to face the withdrawal of funding from the Avi Chai Foundation.

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Photo by: Courtesy Beit Avi Chai
Last week, a group of Jerusalemites gathered for the closing evening of this year’s “Kehilot Sharot” (Singing Communities) program, where they met hundreds of aficionados of piyut, or liturgical song, from all over the country.

Heftzi Cohen-Montagu, a facilitator at the pluralistic Torah study center Elul and a member of the Kehilot program, had been ready since early morning to enjoy an evening of learning and singing these old songs taken from both Ashkenazi and Sephardi traditions, as she has done for the past few years. Wearing an elegant black outfit for the festive evening, Cohen-Montagu explained that despite a busy day, she wouldn’t have missed the evening for any reason, nor would her husband, Simon.

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