Noa Baum, Storyteller
Using the Art and Practice of Storytelling
to Connect, Communicate, and Collaborate
"Jumana looked at me across the picnic table and asked, how was it for you growing up in Jerusalem? I didn't know what to say. Those soldiers, so terrifying for her, were our boys, our symbol of security… Would it be all right to tell her?"
From
Peacebuilding: A Land Twice Promised
Israeli storyteller Noa Baum began a heartfelt dialogue with a Palestinian woman while living in the United States. She weaves together their memories, and their mothers' stories, to create a moving testimony that illuminates the complex and contradictory history and emotions surrounding Jerusalem, for Israelis and Palestinians alike.
Noa Baum takes us behind the rhetoric and headlines to hear the true stories of four women, 2 Israelis and 2 Palestinians. In the process, we experience the most precious ingredient for the resolution of any major conflict: mutual compassion.
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Noa tells the true stories of four women:
- A Palestinian living under Israeli occupation as a child and as a university student
- An Israeli child’s experience of the 1967 war
- A young Palestinian mother’s memory of the 1967 war
- A young Israeli woman’s experience of the 1948 war and the loss of her brother
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A Compelling Performance
of Palestinian & Israeli
Women's Stories.
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“Far Away and Close to Home”
An excellent collection… the whole family will enjoy hearing all these stories several times over.
- The Sacramento Bee