It’s a dichotomy we know well.  As frum, believing Jews, this disparity in emotions is something we’re intimately familiar with. We know what it’s like to mourn while we dance, to grieve while we sing, to feel our brothers’ pain even while we continue to serve Hashem with joy.  Today, in the face of unspeakable horrors and a grave threat to our brethren in Eretz Yisroel, we arrive at that unsettling place again. How to keep singing, celebrating, living our mundane lives, while our nation is under attack.

But Hashem instructs us to carry on, to serve Him with joy even as we grieve for the fallen and the families whose lives were so tragically shattered. With the guidance of Gedolim, we’ve decided to proceed with the annual HASC Concert this year, as an evening of chizuk, inspiration, and unity in a time of great darkness.