Intercession in Israel

Declaring God's Purposes at Mitzpa Ramon

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Deb Abernethy, my wife Allison and Simantov Allalouf, blowing the trumpet and shofars, February 10th, 2005

The Syrian Bride Effect.

I showed "The Syrian Bride" to my GED students at the center and at the jail. Considering most of them are unused to watching a foreign language film with subtitles, they coped very well and really enjoyed it. The guys at the jail usually only pay attention to films with car chases, guns and sex, but they too gave the film rapt attention and even were talking about the movie as they were watching, as opposed to talking through the movie, which they normally do if they are bored. Rarely has a film captured the sense of place and time as well as helped people understand the enigmatic quality of that particular region of the world. This film should be required viewing in american classrooms.

The Syrian Bride

The Syrian Bride is a powerful drama based on a true story. My wife Allison was just in the village where the story took place and met some of the family. This film has won a number of awards already and is scheduled for commercial release in the US later this year.

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Even though the film is subtitled, with actors speaking Arabic, Hebrew, Russian and English at different times, the pace and deft touch with which this drama unfolds, soon finds the viewer drawn into the world of the Druze, a unusual religious sect trapped in the middle of the conflict over the Golan heights between Syria and Israel. The actors are very effective and convey a range of emotions that we can all identify with, even though we are worlds apart. When this film is released....SEE IT!