Jerusalem Day 2025 was celebrated with a flag presentation by our school's 6th graders. They worked hard during long and hot days leading up to today's performance... and they were wonderful.
Today we celebrated Jerusalem Day and the reunification of the city of Jerusalem in 1967.
Here are some quotes I found about Jerusalem that I found to be particularly meaningful.
“No city in the world, not even Athens or Rome, ever played as great a role in the life of a nation for so long a time, as Jerusalem has done in the life of the Jewish people.”
— David Ben-Gurion; Israeli Prime Minister (1947)
“For three thousand years, Jerusalem has been the center of Jewish hope and longing. No other city has played such a dominant role in the history, culture, religion and consciousness of a people as has Jerusalem in the life of Jewry and Judaism. Throughout centuries of exile, Jerusalem remained alive in the hearts of Jews everywhere as the focal point of Jewish history, the symbol of ancient glory, spiritual fulfillment and modern renewal. This heart and soul of the Jewish people engenders the thought that if you want one simple word to symbolize all of Jewish history, that word would be ‘Jerusalem.’”
— Teddy Kollek; Mayor of Jerusalem (1967-1993)
Jerusalem, (DC: Washington Institute For Near East Policy, 1990), pp. 19-20.
“Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.”
— Psalms 122:6
"Now the joy of my world
Is in Zion! (Zion, Zion!)
Now the joy of my world
Is in Zion! (Zion, uhh, Zion!)
How beautiful if nothing more
Than to wait at Zion's door
— To Zion song by Lauryn Hill 1999
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