Courage Is Bringing LIght To Where Terrorism Is

Courage is…bringing light to where terrorism reigned. In March, 2015, the singer Gad Elbaz filmed a video in the streets of Paris after the Charlie Hebdo and Kosher supermarket killings. Together with professional dancers and musicians from Christian, Jewish and Muslim backgrounds, he braved the streets to give the message that terror can’t win. Banners titled “We are Charlie” can be seen throughout the video of this techno- modern version of ‘Hava Nigela’ which means ‘Let’s Rejoice’ showing that people of different faiths can blast through darkness with unity. Making that video there was an incredibly Courageous act as the producer Daniel Finkelman reported that “We spent a week in Paris and people there are scared. I saw with my own eyes as Muslims walked by, pointed their hands like guns at us and called out ‘Jew, Jew!’ in French. It felt like Europe in the 1930’s.’

17th day of the Jewish month of Kislev – the month of Courage