International YMCA

Top 10 reasons to leave the house: December 27-January 4

Fun events to take part in throughout Israel in the coming week.

 The Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra at the YMCA.
 Kamea Dance Company’s ‘White Face.’

Top 10 reasons to leave the house: December 13-22

 SYLVAN ADAMS Sports Center at the historic Jerusalem International YMCA.

YMCA Jerusalem: A diamond of diversity in a contentious city

ED PINCKNEY (right) and Tamir Goodman (leftt) coach young Israeli basketball players during Goodman’s camp last month at the Jerusalem YMCA

Past, present and future with Ed Pinckney


Top Jerusalem official shuts down Shabbat music concert - without consent

A source close to the orchestra said the company received a call three hours before the festival began, leaving no time to prepare or inform people of an alternative.

THE JERUSALEM Baroque Orchestra, under Latvianborn Jerusalemite conductor David Shemer (right), will anchor the Vocal Fantasy Festival.

Baroque music by the dozen

The three-day event is the brainchild of David Shemer, musical director of the Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra.

THE JERUSALEM Baroque Orchestra, under Latvianborn Jerusalemite conductor David Shemer (right), will anchor the Vocal Fantasy Festival.

JAMD June in Jerusalem

n JAMD student dance project Body-Place- Dance, Jerusalem choreographers created pieces relevant to the contemporary capital

Women at the double

NETTA ELKAYAM and Luna Abu Nassar

Green, red and gold in Jerusalem

Christmas at the American Colony Hotel is reason to celebrate.

THE AMERICAN COLONY is like a bubble where you travel back in time, to a paradise where Arabs, Jews, and foreigners sit next to each other enjoying a relaxed stay.

Christmas with the Y

The Jerusalem International YMCA hosts a variety of Yuletide and multicultural events.

The Jerusalem International YMCA decorated inside and out for the holiday season