“A Land Twice Promised”
May 5, 2014
Israeli
storyteller Noa Baum will be coming to Congregation Dorshei Tzedek,
60 Highland
Street,
West Newton, MA
to perform her compelling one-woman show,
“A Land Twice
Promised.”
From a heartfelt dialogue with a Palestinian
neighbor in the United States, Noa has created a moving testimony that
illuminates the complex and contradictory history and emotions surrounding
Jerusalem, for Israelis and Palestinians alike. She weaves together the true stories of four women and gives
us their voices: a Palestinian living under Israeli occupation as a child and
as a university student; an Israeli child who lived through the 1967 war; a Palestinian mother’s
memory of the 1967 war; and an Israeli woman’s experience of the 1948 war and
the loss of her brother.
Noa
says, “The experience of our compassion in the midst of passionate argument
propelled me to create ‘A Land Twice Promised.’ Our conversations reminded me of
Gene Knudsen-Hoffman’s words, ‘an enemy is one whose story we have not heard.’
I wanted my listeners to connect with our experience of discovery and common
ground so I crafted these stories from our memories.
“I
tell the human story that stands apart from politics and hope that hearing it
will call upon us to listen with compassion without surrendering to prejudice
and fear, choose dialogue, and commit to peace.”
Scenes
from the show can be viewed at http://tinyurl.com/land-begin
and http://tinyurl.com/land-ending.
Noa’s web site, with much more information, is www.noabaum.com.
This
performance will be free and open to the public. Please invite your friends! The show is suitable for adults and teen-agers. It will take place at 7:30 pm, Monday,
May 5, in the sanctuary at 60 Highland Street, West Newton, followed by a
discussion with Noa. Refreshments will be served.
