(Minghui.org) The Art of Truth-Compassion-Tolerance Exhibit was held in Jerusalem, Israel from March 19-April 19, 2012. Twenty-four paintings by Falun Dafa practitioners, some depicting the beauty and the goodness of the practice and others showing the brutal persecution in China, were displayed for the general public to see in the lobby of the Jerusalem Theater, one of the largest and most respected theater houses in Israel.

 

 

Many of the visitors to the theater stopped to look at the artwork. They showed great interest, read the explanations and asked questions about Falun Dafa and the persecution in China. Some had heard about the persecution before, while others were unaware and astounded to find out about the cruelty of the Chinese regime. They expressed their sympathy in view of the practitioners' suffering.

 

One woman said, "This is hard. It's very hard. It's hard to live every day knowing that such horrors exist in the world. It is difficult to go to a restaurant, or a play, to enjoy life and food and at the same time know there are people who are experiencing such suffering."

 

Many of the visitors made associations between the difficult manifestations of the persecution in China today and the persecution of the Jews in the holocaust during World War II.

 

Religious Jews who saw the exhibit identified with the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance, as well as with the determination of spirit and the courage of the practitioners who are persecuted for their spiritual beliefs.

 

A young Jewish man said, "We think that the black days and the black nights of the holocaust are a thing of the past, but people are still being murdered around us and in the world because of their beliefs. Here their beliefs are so positive, so it's even more painful… really painful."

 

"I have been looking at the paintings in the exhibit. So much pain, pain from a reality that we cannot believe exists in our time. We thought that the evil days of the holocaust were behind us, and that abominable murders would not happen again. Now we see that normalcy still does not prevail in our world."

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