Bring Them Home
Shabbat Music
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This week we marked 100 days since 240 women, children, elderly people, and other innocent civilians were brutally abducted from their homes and held in captivity by Hamas, sitting in dark terrorist tunnels under the ground, their condition unknown. Our hearts are with those who have suffered and been released. For those still held hostage, we pray for a speedy and safe return.
Bring them home now.
Song by Herbert Kretzmer, Alain Boublil, and Claude-Michel Schönberg.
Arranged by Jason Weisinger, commissioned by the PAS Music Center
Music Director: David Enlow
AV: Oscar Acevedo, Terrell Simms, Erik Van Batavia, Oli Jung
Video Editor: Tami Shaham
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