Spinning for peace

By Danielle Max

HappyNews Citizen Journalist

Jerusalem is an unlikely location for a peace initiative. The spiritual home of the world's three main monotheistic religions is more often the cause of bitter dispute and violence than peace and goodwill.

But for at least one night, three DJs proved that the power of music can succeed in communicating where spoken language often fails.

Srulik Einhorn from Israel, Palestinian DJ Khalil and Morad Kalice, aka DJ Kalice, from Jordan, came together to perform in Haoman 17, a super club in Jerusalem.

The historic cross-cultural event developed at the initiative of Einhorn, 26, who is also the music producer for Angel Tears, a modern world music act. Einhorn also prides himself on having introduced Arabic music to Tel Aviv.

DJ Khalil, 37, is the owner of Music Centre in downtown Ramallah, where the East Jerusalem native has lived for seven years. He regularly performs in Ramallah venues such as the Grand Park, Almonds and Royal Kings.

Jordanian native DJ Kalice, was born in Amman in 1979 and is largely considered to be Jordan's first proper underground house DJ. DJing since the age of 14, Kalice landed his first residency at the Coconut Grove in 1995 and has been the resident DJ in Amman's Prana Club since 2004.

Hopefully the three musicians, helped by the thousands of clubbers who came to Jerusalem for a wild night out, brought the city one tiny step closer to harmony.

This story was produced by Happynews Citizen Journalist, Danielle Max. Max is a freelance writer living in Tel Aviv, Israel.

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