Movie Details
On Digital & Streaming:December 3rd, 2015
Original Language:English
Cast & Crew
Y
Yitzhak Alfia
as Self
B
Ben Zion Hazzan Ireq
as Self (archive photograph)
R
Rabbi David Sutton
Writer
M
Miriam Zakon
Writer
R
Rafi Shawat
Musician
When Heaven Cries (2015)
Audience Score
StarringYitzhak AlfiaBen Zion Hazzan Ireq
DirectorRuth Rachel Anderson-Avraham
WritersRabbi David Sutton
Plot
"The unthinkable had happened: the Jews of Jerusalem's Old City were being exiled, fleeing for their lives before the Jordanian Army's onslaught..." Original story published in the book "Stories of Spirit and Faith: Fascinating Tales from Life in Aleppo" by Rabbi David Sutton, in conjunction with Miriam Zakon (Ralph and Rachel Tawil Edition, Artscroll Sephardic Mesorah Series, Mesorah Publications, © Copyright 2007). "Taksim Violin, Maqam Hijaz" performed and recorded by Rafi Shawat. (Produced for the non-profit initiative ISRAELrealNATION.)
