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2008 Songs of Life International Choral Festival a Success

Thousands joined together to commemorate the heroic rescue of Bulgaria’s Jews during the Holocaust at the 2008 Songs of Life International Choral Festival.

The celebration of thanksgiving was held in Plovdiv and Sofia, Bulgaria and Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, Israel Nov. 21 through Dec. 1, 2008.

Choirs and musicians from the United States, Canada, Bulgaria and Israel participated in the premier performance of Ernest Bloch’s choral-orchestral masterpiece, “Sacred Service.”

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The festival also featured a gift of flowers to the people of Bulgaria in thanksgiving for the protection of the country’s Jews during the Holocaust.  Festival participants, representatives of the Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria and hundreds of other Jews and Christians distributed 49,000 flowers.

To find out more about the 2008 festival, visit The Festival page.

We also encourage you to check back often for details on the 2010 Songs of Life International Choral Festival. It is our hope that the festival will continue to build bridges among all that it touches for years to come.

 

 

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