THE COVENANT DRAWS 2000 SCHOOLKIDS

THE COVENANT DRAWS 2000 SCHOOLKIDS

Students marvel over history of their people and support of Christians

More than 2,000 Israeli school children sat in rapt attention as a 70-minute history lesson of the Jewish people unfolded on the stage before them.

“Now we don’t need history lessons any more,” one student remarked after watching The Covenant, performed at the Jerusalem Convention Center on Monday afternoon.

But the lessons went beyond mere history.

A father of a one of the children said that during the musical his child continually asked him for explanations of all the scenes.

“When we came home, we decided to start teaching our kids the stories of the Bible," he said.

The children, rowdy and energetic at first, marveled over the real baby who played infant Moses; the Ark of the Covenant; soldiers, both modern and Roman; the Temple; the Egyptians, and other colorful scenes. By the end of the play, the children were mesmerized with the story. Some were crying, they cheered during the fiery furnace scene when Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were saved, and they sang along with the traditional Shabbat candle lighting song.

Roni, a 13-year-old student, said it was amazing to see the history of the Jewish people on stage all the way to the founding of the Israeli state. Another youngster, Yitzhak Ben-Haman, said the play meant a lot because it said Christians still care about and stand with Israel.

Parents and teachers were also touched.

“There was lots of emotion, lots of happiness,” said Shoshi Shemesh, a mother who brought two of her children to the musical. “I cried many times during the play.”

Liza Kahana, a teacher from Ma’ale Adumim, said the message and all this history is something they will talk about in class.

“With all the kids on stage, it was very relatable,” she said.

Don’t take our word for it – Read the following reviews from the 6th grade of the Tomer Rachel School in Maale Adumim!

Aviv: The message that impacted me most from the show was: The Jews must be strong, believe in God and he will deliver us.

Or'el: I enjoyed the show, because I saw Christians from different countries that love our country and it's an experience for me to know, that Christians do love you and talking to you. The message I received was: Now we are no enemies anymore, but friends. I would like to tell them: thank you for loving peace and not wars – and thanks for the beautiful show.

Daniel: I enjoyed to watch the children and adults acting in harmony together, I specially liked the little Jinji-boy (red head), but they were all acting very good. Kol HaKavod (good job!) for learning Hebrew so fast and good.

Anonymous: I enjoyed the show because there were a lot of Christians in the show that love Israel. The main message of the musical was: that we should never forget God.

Lior: I realized that there exist also Christians that love Jews. I wish to tell them, that I am glad that there are Christians that love us and I hope there are more of them.

Ornan: I was exited by watching how Am Israel (the people of Israel) had to go all the way from slavery to freedom, and despite all the wars and troubles we are here in Kanaan, like God had promised.

Assaf: I was excited to hear Christians telling us to believe in God! Christians are not different from us, we are all brothers and sisters.

Je'ara Levi: It was like a time tunnel back into our history. The kids were cute and did a good job. The message I learned was, that we must not loose Hope and God is always on your side and He remembers what he promised us. It's nice to know that Christians learned to speak Hebrew only for us.

Orli: The main message for me was that we are one people and there is only one promised land for us and one God that we should serve and believe in. As much as we were scattered around the world, we became a stronger people and wanted to come back to Eretz Israel. It's good to know that there are Christians that also love the Jews and respect our opinions and wishes.

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