Al Karawan Restaurant, Bethlehem
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Interesting Places, Middle East, Peace and Justice, Tim Frakes Productions, Travel
On a recent visit to the West Bank, I stopped by the Al Karawan Restaurant. Located across the street from Rachel’s Tomb, Abu Zzuz used to have big lunch crowds. A new Israeli security wall separates Abu Zzuz from tourists. Still, the food is fresh, hot and tastey!
Tags: AlKarawan, Bethlehem, Food, Palestine, Rachels Tomb, Restaurant, West Bank
Peace Not Walls: Making a Difference in the Holy Land
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Award winning video, Client Production, Faith Based Production, Interesting Places, Middle East, News, Peace and Justice, Tim Frakes Productions, Travel
Tim Frakes Productions has won a DeRose-Hinkhouse Memorial Award of Excellence from the Religion Communicators council for “Peace Not Walls: Making a Difference in the Holy Land. The video was produced for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America “Peace Not Walls” Campaign. Carol LaHurd, the ELCA’s Peace Not Walls coordinator and I worked on this project with help from Ben McDonald Coltvet, Barbara Berry Bailey and others.
The video was recorded on location in Jerusalem, and the West Bank and outlines the ELCA’s strategy for peace in the Middle East and accompaniment with Palestinian Christians.
The DeRose-Hinkhouse Memorial Awards are presented annually to members of the RCC who demonstrate excellence in religion communications and public relations.
Tags: Holyland, Israel, Justice, Middle East, Palestine, Peace, Wall, West Bank
The Rev. Eric Shafer Ash Wednesday Sermon 2008
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Faith Based Production, Middle East, Peace and Justice, Spiritual Journey, Tim Frakes Productions, Travel
In 2008 I had the privilege of recording an Ash Wednesday sermon preached by my friend and former boss, Rev. Eric Shafer, Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lansdale, Pennsylvania, in the Holy Land. Locations include the Mount of Olives, the Garden of Gethsemane, the Via Dolorosa and Bethlehem.
Tags: Ash Wednesday, Eric Shafer, Holy Land, Lent, Middle East, Palestine, Trinity Lansdale
Holy Land Video Workshop
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Culture, Education, Interesting Places, Middle East, Peace and Justice, Tim Frakes Productions, Travel
This January I conducted video production workshops at two Lutheran schools in the West Bank. This video clip shows workshop participants wishing the world a “Happy New Year.” The clip was used in the workshop. The workshops were held at the Dar Al Kalima Lutheran School in Bethlehem and at the Evangelical Lutheran School of Beit Sahour and were organized by Sister Sylvia Countess, ELCA Global Mission assistant to ELCJHL schools director Dr. Charlie Haddad.
Read more about our workshop at:
http://www.elca.org/Our-Faith-In-Action/Justice/Peace-Not-Walls/Resources/Presentations/Video-Workshop.aspx
Tags: Bethlehem, Holy Land, Palestine, Tim Frakes Productions, Video, Workshop
Arab Women’s Union
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Culture, Faith Based Production, Interesting Places, Non-Profit, Peace and Justice, Pro Bono, Tim Frakes Productions, Tips, Travel, women
The Arab Women’s Union provides jobs for poor women in the West Bank while helping to preserve traditional Palestinian embroidery techniques. www.frakesproductions.com
Tags: Arab, Bethlehem, embroidery, micro-enterprise, Palestine, women
Augusta Victoria Hospital 2008
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Client Production, Faith Based Production, Non-Profit, Pro Bono, Tim Frakes Productions, Travel
My friend the Rev. Mark Brown, is the Lutheran World Federation Regional Representative in Jerusalem. Last February, Mark asked me to help out with a promotional video for the Augusta Victoria Hospital.
The Lutheran World Federation’s Augusta Victoria Hospital has served Palestinian refugees since 1950. The mission of Augusta Victoria Hospital is to alleviate human suffering, promote peace and civil society, provide health care without regard to race, creed, gender, or national origin, provide services for those in social need with priority services to Palestinian refugees and commit to the development and maintenance of the highest standard of diagnostic and clinical service.
In honor of his wife, Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany built Augusta Victoria in 1910, as a hospice and rest home on the Mount of Olives, overlooking the Old City of Jerusalem.
Tags: Augusta, Federation, Hospital, Jerusalem, Lutheran, Palestine, Victoria, World
Forbidden Family
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Causes, Middle East, Peace and Justice, Politics
Forbidden Family is a story about the separation barrier and its effect on one Lutheran Palestinian family. I produced this video for the ELCA in 1995. This December I will be producing a new advocacy video for “Peace Not Walls.” This ELCA sponsored group advocates for peace and justice in the Middle East. In Feburary, I may be returning to Jerusalem to record footage with a delegation of Lutheran Church officials.
www.frakesproductions.com