The JSO had been scheduled to dissolve on July 15. "We are hoping for a miracle," violinist and orchestra member Richard Assayas was quoted as saying in The Jerusalem Post two days before the date.
Kama called the orchestra "a cultural institution that proudly projects the name of Jerusalem."
"I owe a great deal of my musical maturity to the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra and feel a great sense of pride in them," said 21-year-old Asher Krim, a student at the Jerusalem Academy of Music.