Tolerance Monument
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The Tolerance Monument is a project funded by Polish businessman Aleksander Gudzowaty[1]. The monument, set to be unveiled in Jerusalem in June of 2008, is a work by famed artist Czeslaw Dzwigaj with some collaboration by sculptor Michal Kubiak. The monument will be several meters tall, with the central concept revolving around the split column of a nameless temple reaching skywards. In its divided state the column looks like a tree trunk vertically torn asunder. Pushing its way up through the split is an olive tree whose branches reach up over the top of both parts of the column, with a small grain surrounded by a halo at the top. The monument will be surrounded by grassland on which like-minded individuals and organizations can place plaques attesting to their endorsement of tolerance, situated on a hill marking the divide between Jewish Armon Hanatziv and Arab Jabal Mukaber, just outside the United Nations headquarters in Jerusalem's "Government House".[2]. The choice of this site has become all the more poignant since an anti-Palestinian pogrom was instigated by radical right wing jewish Israelis in retaliation for the resident of Jabal Mukaber who was responsible for the terrorist attack on Mercaz Harav Yeshiva in March of 2007[3].
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- ^ Cashman, Greer Fay. "Grapevine: More than just an olive branch", Jerusalem Post, 2006-09-06. Retrieved on 2007-04-11.
- ^ Cashman, Greer Fay. "Monumental tolerance", Jerusalem Post, 2006-09-29. Retrieved on 2007-04-11.
- ^ Haaretz, Editorial. "Limp police in the face of a pogrom", Haaretz date=2008-03-18. Retrieved on 2008-03-18.