European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 1, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                18 stars and stripes july 2007 religion beyond violence Singer issues warning and offers Hope in new album by Brian Bowers stars and stripes whether its in a a firehouse or a a ringing Bell is meant to grab at Tention and prompt Singer Derek webbs new album the ringing Bell has similar it issues a warn but also encourages there Are things that Are Bro Ken in this world and the result of this brokenness is conflict and War and violence Between peo Webb i think that what were seeing in our culture is very much a result of and i think theres a Day coming when it will no longer be that where we will no longer have to fight the disc delves deeply into Dis Cord and but ultimately focuses on love and along the it relies heavily on a 60s Poprock which gives the album a Good Deal of Webb has been called a Contro mainly because of his last that Folk oriented project assertively pointed out some Sticky problems with our society and which raised some Webb said that some listeners Hes attacking whatever Leader is in or Hes obviously speaking to our specific conflict or situation were in right neither of those things Are True about i would certainly put a Short shelf life on my record if i was writing a song about a particular moment in his tory and a particular Webb the themes in mockingbird reflected More persistent the ringing Bell does much of the for a love that s stronger than our fear pointedly asks questions such what would you do if someone would Tell you the truth but Only if you torture them half to death and a Savior on Capi Tol Hill warns against expecting too much from stat ing in so tired of these mortal men with their hands on their Wal lets and their hearts full of scared of their scared of their and always running for today Praise theres also a deeper realization that each of us including Webb is afflicted with the same inclination to i i dont want to fight in facing enemies on both sides of the i for an i Ive got a killer instinct a Poison conscience telling me to go with i think that the brokenness in our culture leads to global conflict and it even trickles Down All the Way Down into my own heart and the Way that i Deal with my family and the Way i Deal with Webb and it has me More Likely to return even emotional violence with the the fact that conflict and Vio Lence Are instinctive for each of us is one of the most important messages Webb the bibles really Clear in say ing that its exactly the same blood running through the veins of All that none of us Are any better or any worse than the rest of Webb that s not to say that were All but to say that were All a that Levels the playing Field in terms of evil and he pointing out that has Imp Lica photos by Ino records Derek Webb int afraid to deliver a Stern warning to a complacent or to offer Hope for the his latest cd is titled the ringing tons in daily life and on the inter National we certainly live in a tremendous nation and we clearly Are blessed in quantifiable ways were very we have tremendous Freedom and that we have a Rich Webb i understand but i think if s dangerous to try to claim that we Are gods political political nation on the Earth dealing out his just judgments around the when clearly there is not such people at this Point in Webb recommends Humble re Flection before i Hope the music would stir people to just maybe think again about the paradigm that they live in and maybe reconsider their to he maybe we would be More maybe we would be humbled by the idea that were really no different than the that Doest negate the need to act at just saying that in evil Doest assume that youre i that the whole were All really so evil needs to be restrained he i do of course think that there can be a moment for a nation to restrain of but i think that its a More realistic posture to go at it in going to do this in in going to do this in the realization that i am ultimately no different than the with this Webb places his Hope beyond human my ultimate Hope is not in the right Man in the White House or the right amount of pressure on the right person or the right amount of Power wielded in the right he my Hope is in the Day coming when All things will be made right and we finally have the govern ment that we actually were made democracy is but i dont think its the Best form of i think that the form of government were made for is Jesus on the throne and his kingdom and that the Day that i Hope its a message that carries through to the discs closing this too shall be made right a song that Webb believes can be of special Comfort to members of the military comm i think that a very hopeful especially for those who Are in harms who Are in the midst of War and conflict and whose families Are in Many ways supporting them in that Webb the Bible says theres a Day coming when there will no longer be time for any of these there will no longer be time for there will no longer be time for there will no longer be any time for what a Day that will be when peace is ultimately restoration comes Between both god and his creation and also Between men and women and their on the web today Praise is a Roundup of news and reviews from the contemporary Chris Tian music museum celebrates years of jewish history in Poland by Vanessa Gera the associated press Poland an empty Lawn in the heart of what was once the Warsaw ghetto will soon become a place not Only of but of celebrating the jewish life that flourished in Poland before it was destroyed in the jewish leaders and president Lech Kac Zynski broke ground tuesday for the museum of the history of polish it sits on a highly charged site next to the cites Monument to the jews who resisted the nazis during the 1943 ghetto and just Down the Street from the rail siding where Many were deported to their the multimedia museum will have exhibits on the but organizers say its primary purpose is to remember the vibrant jewish Community that flourished in Poland for a thousand years despite vary ing degrees of antisemitism and Dis Crimi this will not be another holocaust my said Marian one of the originators of the idea for the and president of the association of the jewish historical Institute in it will be a museum of the an austere Glass and Lime Stone Structure designed by finnish architects Rainer Malamaki and Mari la Del will feature a jagged chasm that cuts through the entire and an Interi or of undulating forms that alludes to Moses parting of the red sea while fleeing slavery in of jewish sur Vival in the face of when it opens in two polish and jewish leaders Hope it will become a cultural landmark in a league with Jerusalem had Washington United states holocaust memorial museum and berlins jewish museum and holocaust to such a Center is Long overdue in a country that had Europe largest jew ish Community until world War number ing about or 10 percent of the total the society produced a vibrant yiddish speaking culture and a string of great writers and think Only jews live in Poland museum creators say the million project will chronicle the jews in their Eastern european Homeland with interactive and multimedia displays and video not just traditional artefacts and exhibits in order to give visitors a deeper sense of what was in one a typical bustling jewish Street of the 1920s will be conjured with images projected onto White building facades typical of the its closer in Many ways to theater than it is to a didactic display based on a collect said Barbara an american specialist in East european jewish culture and museum development with new York University and Leader of the team developing the eight galleries will narrate a Story Start ing in the 10th Century when Ibrahim Ibn a jewish merchant from Arab first arrived in the polish