Ep 3 - A Mennonite Palestinian story with Jonathan Brenne...

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Jonathan Brenneman is a Palestinian-American Christian and co-founder of Christians for a Free Palestine. He was a frontline activist at Community Peacemaker Teams (CPT) and played a primary role in writing, passing, and implementing Mennonite Church USA’s Seeking Peace in Israel and Palestine Resolution. We’re so excited to have him on our show! Also in our episode, Joanna and Jonny reflect on the current state of affairs and how to stave off despair. Jonny shares about his love of nostalgic media, including SNL 50. Joanna offers to us how both trees and rocks have been a stablizing comfort for her in this season of turmoil. To sign Mennonite Action’s pledge, donate, or sign up for our e-mail list, visit www.mennoniteaction.org.To learn more about Christians for a Free Palestine: https://christiansforafreepalestine.com/Adam Sandler’s song on 50 years of SNL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXAbLeJyB0oEmil Wakim on Voting in the 2024 Election (Weekend Update, SNL): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwECx_BondcHuge thank you to the incredible Jewish recording artist, Batya Levine for the use of their song “We Rise” as our theme song (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tkmkwufRVw). The beautiful logo is by Jesse Bergen. Front Light is edited by Ken Ogasawara and Christen Kong and produced by Jonny Rashid, Joanna Lawrence Shenk, and Nick Martin. Thank you all for listening and sharing.

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This episode was published on February 27, 2025.

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Jonathan Brenneman is a Palestinian-American Christian and co-founder of Christians for a Free Palestine. He was a frontline activist at Community Peacemaker Teams (CPT) and played a primary role in writing, passing, and implementing Mennonite...

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