Pangs

In 1986, Israeli playwright Motti Lerner wrote a powerful play entitled "Pangs of the Messiah."

Lara Friedman: The Belated Awakening to Settler Extremism Lara Friedman 2011

In 1986, Israeli playwright Motti Lerner wrote a powerful play entitled "Pangs of the Messiah."

Lara Friedman: The Belated Awakening to Settler Extremism Lara Friedman 2011

"Pangs of the Messiah" should spark a mixture of compassion, bewilderment, and outrage -- the same mixture of feelings brought on by the settler attacks today.

Lara Friedman: The Belated Awakening to Settler Extremism Lara Friedman 2011

"Pangs of the Messiah" should spark a mixture of compassion, bewilderment, and outrage -- the same mixture of feelings brought on by the settler attacks today.

Lara Friedman: The Belated Awakening to Settler Extremism Lara Friedman 2011

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Birther Pangs 2009

In 2007 "Pangs of the Messiah," updated by Lerner to reflect the current events, was performed at the Washington, DC Jewish Community Center it was re-staged in New York in November 2011.

Lara Friedman: The Belated Awakening to Settler Extremism Lara Friedman 2011

Eventually, the script reached the desk of Sinai Peter, a director who had run a theater company in Haifa and has directed Theater J's own productions of "Pangs of the Messiah" and "The Accident," by Israeli playwrights Motti Lerner and Hillel Mittelpunkt, respectively.

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In 2007 "Pangs of the Messiah," updated by Lerner to reflect the current events, was performed at the Washington, DC Jewish Community Center it was re-staged in New York in November 2011.

Lara Friedman: The Belated Awakening to Settler Extremism Lara Friedman 2011

Pangs of the Messiah, scripted by Motti Lerner and presented at Silk Road Theatre, runs through May 10.

Alice Singleton: Playhouse Chicago: Two Families and the Homesteads That Bury Them 2009

Read the full review of "Pangs of the Messiah" here.

Alice Singleton: Playhouse Chicago: Two Families and the Homesteads That Bury Them 2009