Editing Isaac Stern (section)

==Ties to Israel==
Stern maintained close ties with [[Israel]]. Stern began performing in the country in 1949.<ref name="haaretz.com">Noam Ben Zeev (1 November 2012), [http://www.haaretz.com/news/news-in-brief/news-in-brief.premium-1.473612 "New Tel Aviv street to honor Isaac Stern."] ''[[Haaretz]]'' Daily. Retrieved 6 June 2013.</ref> In 1973, he performed for wounded Israeli soldiers during the [[Yom Kippur War]]. During the 1991 [[Gulf War]] and Iraq's [[Scud|Scud missile]] attacks on Israel, he had been playing in the [[Jerusalem Theater]]. During his performance, an air raid siren sounded, causing the audience to panic. Stern then stepped onto the stage and began playing a movement of [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]]. The audience then calmed down, donned gas masks, and sat throughout the rest of his performance.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.latimes.com/2001/sep/23/news/mn-48941/2 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120715050132/http://articles.latimes.com/2001/sep/23/news/mn-48941/2 | url-status=dead | archive-date=July 15, 2012 | work=Los Angeles Times | first=Elaine | last=Woo | title=Isaac Stern, Violinist and Musical Envoy, Dies | date=23 September 2001}}</ref> Stern was a supporter of several educational projects in Israel, among them the America-Israel Foundation and the [[Jerusalem Music Center]].<ref name="haaretz.com"/>