Jerusalem Divided
Jonathan Ortiz
Jerusalem Divided
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In a small town less than a square kilometer wide, deep roots of religious history and ancestry exist for 3 major religions of the world: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Although people of Jewish, Christian, and Muslim beliefs and backgrounds all live in this small area, their lives are entirely different from one another.
In 2013, National Geographic created a documentary to showcase this city and show how divided the Old City section of Jerusalem is. The documentary explores the cultural differences found here by talking to and broadcasting three different women who are a part of the three religions. It's fascinating to learn that although the people of the city live so closely with one another, their own religions indeed divided Jerusalem with invisible barriers.
In the end, one of the girls even expressed how one day she hopes to "have the courage to meet the people who are living right next to us," as the three actresses all walk past each other without realizing the opportunity to meet each other at that moment. This clip shows the harm that invisible barriers have created for the city.
Learning and embracing other cultures is so much more beautiful than your own. It builds a stronger community, a stronger sense of understanding, and a stronger sense of love between the people and their own city. Of course, this video is created for the audience to believe there is a deep separation between the cultures. I have never been to Jerusalem, so coming from an outsider's perspective after watching the video, I hope that one day, these girls and the rest of Jerusalem all learn to grow their culture and meet the strangers around them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZD65tcZN-w
Nice post that discusses the general theme and approach in the video about Jerusalem. In future posts, you should try and go into a bit more depth on a particular topic related to the readings (or movies) for the week. This can be accomplished by applying one reading to another (for example, in this post the history chapters could have been brought into your conversation about the movie) or by finding outside sources that might contribute to the subject of your post (e.g. in this case you might have looked for an article that suggests people from the different communities actually do communicate with each other in some cases).
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