Sound of Freedom sounds alarm on human trafficking - opinion

• Published date: 25 July 2023
• Author: TULLY WEISZ
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

In our often superficial culture, Sound of Freedom is a breath of fresh air and I am grateful that America's surprise summer hit promotes the Torah's highest value: protecting God's children. But instead of celebrating this extraordinary movie, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, along with many other media outlets, have inexplicably smeared it as antisemitic. Is there any basis for their accusation

Sound of Freedom tells the heart-wrenching true story of Tim Ballard, a former Homeland Security agent. The movie begins in Honduras, where a poor father of two is approached by a child talent agent who invites the kids in for a photo shoot. When the father returns to the agency office a few hours later to pick up his son and daughter, they are gone, sold by the talent agent to be used as sex slaves. Ballard gets assigned the case and embarks on a relentless journey to rescue the siblings against all odds.

By the end of the film, Ballard's character tracks down the victims on an island used by wealthy predators for their perverse pleasures in a dramatic scene reminiscent of the sick activities that took place on Jeffrey Epstein's private...