Singing through the generations

Jerusalem’s Dorot Choir has become a cultural fixture in the Holy City. Led and inspired by Hadassah ('Dassie') Jacobs, it is truly inter-generational and boasts an impressive collection of grandmothers and great-grandmothers among its members. The choir’s concert performances are much appreciated by their women-only audiences and tickets are rapidly snapped up when they go on sale.

Being a member of Dorot is not all fun and games. Each concert performance is the product of persistence in practice and of patience in rehearsals when striving for perfection. Week after week, whatever the weather, sopranos, mezzos and contraltos gather together to run through a large repertoire with Jewish themes--mostly penned by Dassie herself 

Listen to the Dorot Choir and you will hear the combined efforts of some 40 women, of whom eight—that’s a full one-fifth of the choir—are members of Beit Knesset Hanassi. Come and support them at their next concert at the Begin Heritage Center on Monday 20 January 2025 (see poster on the right for details).