Wednesday, December 23, 2020

CHRISTMAS JESUS NEWSLETTER 2020

 

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CHRISTMAS, JESUS, AND PEACEMAKING NEWSLETTER, DECEMBER 25, 2020.

Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace and Justice.

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 Contents Christmas 2020

PBS Docu-Musical on 1914 Truce on Western Front

Collection of Writings on 1914 Truce from Veterans for Peace

Selections on Jesus by Dick Bennett:

Jesus and War

Jesus and Capitalism

 

 

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PBS Airs And Streams Docu-Musical On Christmas Truce Of 1914 On WWI Western Front.  Jane Levere Contributor.

The Western Front, Christmas, 1914. Out of the violence comes a silence, then a song. A German soldier steps into No Man’s Land singing “Stille Nacht,” beginning an extraordinary night of camaraderie, music and peace.

A remarkable true story told in the words of the men who lived it, the new docu-musical All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 relives this moment, when Allied and German soldiers laid down their arms to celebrate the holiday together during World War I.

PBS docu-musical

"All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914" is being presented by PBS stations nationwide 

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This production is now premiering on PBS stations nationwide and is also available to stream at pbs.org and the PBS video app.

Created by Peter Rothstein, founding artistic director of Theater Latte Da in Minneapolis, All Is Calm is a hybrid of documentary theater, weaving a capella period songs and firsthand quotes and letters from 30 World War I figures brought to life by ten actors. Filmed on location at the Ritz Theater, home of Theater Latté Da, the production features World War I patriotic tunes, trench songs, medieval ballads and Christmas carols from England, Wales, France, Belgium and Germany.

“For decades the Christmas Truce was considered fiction, a romantic fable. I wanted to give legitimate voice to this remarkable moment that had been denied its rightful place in history,” said Rothstein.

He conducted research for two years, in Germany, Belgium, France and England, to develop All is Calm, revising it in 2014, when the centennial of the start of World War I was celebrated. Sources of material for the production, Rothstein said in a recent interview, included the poetry of Siegfried Sassoon and Francis Ledwidge, diaries and correspondence of soldiers, and gravestones.

“The power of the telling (by the performers) is that these are all first-hand accounts, real men telling a story,” Rothstein said, calling the production a “nice holiday alternative to ‘The Christmas Carol.’”

He also said he has received “countless letters” from World War II veterans and those currently in the military, who say they are “incredibly moved” by All is Calm, as, he said, are peace activists.

Since premiering in a live broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio on December 21, 2007, All Is Calm has enjoyed global success and critical acclaim, winning the 2019 Drama Desk Award for unique theatrical experience for its off-Broadway run.

“As our world continues to reel from unprecedented disruption and division, examples of our shared humanity are more important than ever,” said Pat Harrison, president and CEO of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which provided original production funding. “All Is Calm is a healing reminder that even in our darkest times, there is more that brings us together than sets us apart.”

 All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 | PBS

www.pbs.org › show › all-calm-christmas-truce-1914

The Western Front, Christmas1914. Out of the violence a silence, then a song. A German soldier steps into No Man's Land singing “Stille Nacht.”

Videos

All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 | Episode 1  PBS

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All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914

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JESUS, WAR, AND CAPITALISM

 

JESUS AND WAR
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See OMNI ANTI-WAR, ANTI-IMPERIALISM, PEACEMAKING  NEWSLETTER #5.  December 19, 2016.    http://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2016/12/anti-war-newsletter-5.html

 

JESUS AND CAPITALISM
A Google search for Jesus and Capitalism provides a host of publications and films arguing the harmony of the two.  Here are a few in the negative.
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OMNI US CAPITALISM NEWSLETTER #22,   April 2, 2015.

http://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2015/04/us-capitalism-newsletter-22.html

 

 

Earlier Christmas Newsletters

Love and Peace Day, Christmas 2013 http://omnicenter.org/newsletters/2013/2013-12-25.pdf

Love and Peace Day, Birthday of Jesus Newsletter December 25, 2015  http://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2015/12/love-and-peacemaking-day-birth-of-jesus.html    

Dan Jones, Kairos:  Joseph, Mary, and Jesus Refugees

Refugees Joseph, Mary, and Jesus and Rescue of Refugees 2015

Opposing War:  Four Articles about WWI 1914 Christmas Truce from The War Crimes Times

Dick, Celebrate Non-violent Heroes, Tear Down the Monuments to Wars and
      Warriors

OMNI Nonviolence Newsletters:  #10  http://omnicenter.org/newsletters/2014/2014-06-12.pdf

 

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