Testimonies from Christians in the Holy Land
Wednesday, July 30, 2014 - 10:00am
Address:
The Lounge
353 E. Pine St.
Wooster, OH 44691
The Stones Cry Out is a 56 minute documentary about the Christians of Palestine produced by distinguished filmmaker, Yasmine Perni, who is a graduate of the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies and has worked as a journalist, photographer, television producer, and mother. Perni went into documentary film-making inspired by the Christians of Palestine, whose story of perseverance and pride has been largely obscured by the headlines.
In 1948, tens of thousands of Palestinian villagers were driven from their homes in what was officially dubbed “Operation Broom”, intended to literally sweep tens of thousands of Palestinians from their homes in the fertile hills and valleys of the Galilee, and make way for settlers in the newly created state of Israel.
After Galilee came the expropriation of the West Bank in 1967, the settlements, and the separation wall. Bethlehem, the birthplace of Christ, is now hemmed in by the wall, cut off from Jerusalem, and robbed of much of its agricultural land.
All too often media coverage of the conflict in Palestine has framed it as a fight between Muslims and Jews, largely ignoring the fact that Palestine was the birthplace of Christianity, that Palestinians are both Muslims and Christians, and that Palestinian Christians have played a critical role in their land’s history and the struggle to maintain its identity..
Perni will present the film and then engage in discussion. The program will be presented on:
Wednesday, July 30th , 2014 From 10 a.m. to noon at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 353 East Pine Street, Wooster, Ohio 44691.
From 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the River's Edge, 3430 Rocky River Drive, Cleveland, OH 44111. Registration begins at 6:45.
Thursday, July 31th , 2014
From 10 a.m. to noon at Plymouth church, 2860 Coventry Rd, Shaker Heights, OH 44120.
From 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Church of the Savior, 2537 Lee Rd, Cleveland Heights, OH 44118. There will be refreshments before the meeting at 6:30 pm.
Programs are sponsored by Interfaith Council for Peace in the Middle East, the Congregation of St. Joseph Justice Committee, and Westminster Presbyterian Church.
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