
ABRAHAM'S PROMISES
Mike van Graan
SUNDAY 8 @ 12.00- 13.00
The creation of Israel as a Jewish homeland after the Holocaust, in which 6 million Jews were murdered, remains deeply polarizing. Following over a year of devastation in Gaza, where tens of thousands of civilians mostly women and children died in Israel’s response to Hamas’s 7 October 2023 attack, we must ask:
Are Jews safer today thanon 6 October 2023?
This scripted dialogue explores this question and related themes, with representatives of Islam, Judaism, and Christianity offering diverse perspectives. While the hostilities are not primarily religious, religion influences how many frame and justify the conflict.
Presented as a staged reading of a television studio panel discussion, the performance uses scripts in hand, fostering engagement with these urgent, complex issues.