25 January 2009

What does Tolerance look like you ask?


To me it looks like an Olive Tree in a splint. .
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Now it looks like the tree is giving big bear hugs....aaah yes, this is starting to make sense
Now the "REAL" story:

The bronze Tolerance Monument was built by the Jerusalem Foundation in cooperation with the Municipality. It was erected atop the Armon Hantziv ridge, adjacent to the United Nations Headquarters, commanding a view northward (the Old City) and southward (the Judean Desert and the Roman palace Herodium).

The project’s initiator and sponsor Aleksander Gudzowaty, born in the Polish city Lodz, is considered one of the most influential businessmen in Eastern Europe. His activities for the advancement of tolerance and coexistence began several years ago, out of the belief that understanding and accepting "the other" are prerequisites for the development and prosperity of mankind. Gudzowaty selected artist, Czesław Dźwigaj, professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow to bring to life his vision for the monument.

The monument is built from two halves of a broken column, with an olive tree ascending and growing out of the center. The tree's branches and golden leaves look as if they are trying to heal the rift and bring the two halves closer.

The 15-meter monument was brought over from Poland in parts and assembled in Israel. Mounted upon a 5-meter man-made knoll atop the ridge, the Monument completes a circular walking path along adjacent promenades.

-not sure if I have to cite my source but just in case, I retrieved this "REAL" information off the Jerusalem Foundation website.

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