FOZ - Friends of Zion Museum hosted the 5th International Jewish Media Summit.
Maj. Gen. (Res) Doron Almog, chairman of the Jewish Agency, lit the third Chanukah candle, together with about 100 journalists from all over the world. Doron Almog said "I thank Friends of Zion Heritage Center for hosting us... despite all the differences, we are one nation with a common destiny, and together we are a great light."
About Friends of Zion Museum in Jerusalem
The Friends of Zion Museum was established in 2015, in the Nahalat Shiv'ah neighbourhood at the canter of Israel’s capital Jerusalem, by founder Dr. Mike Evans.
The construction of the museum was made possible with the support of thousands of supporters, friends of Israel, from all over the world.
The museum offers its visitors an innovative, interactive experience on the theme of Zionism. Through seven different displays, the stories of heroism and kindness of non-Jews are told, stories of those who supported the Zionist movement and the establishment of the State of Israel, and who committed themselves and employed all means, despite overwhelming hardship and adversity, to restore the Jewish people to their Promised Land.
The tour of the museum opens with a presentation of “The Promised Land” where visitors are taken on an aerial tour of Israel, while simultaneously traveling back in time, viewing the biblical borders of Israel.
“The Founders”: the next presentation tells the story of the beginning of the covenant between God and the people of Israel through animation, lighting effects, narration, and original music presented in surround sound. Chosen by God as the bearer of the message God in the world and the founder of a great nation, Abraham answers “Hineni,” “Here am I,” and leads his family and followers from the land of his fathers to the land of Canaan, the Holy Land.
The third hall, “The Dreamers”, presents the unique stories of Christian dreamers who supported Zionism and believed in the ancient prophecies of the bible; modern-day prophets who contributed significantly to the realization of the Zionist dream and the establishment of the State of Israel. The stories told of Professor George Bush, Jean Henri Dunant, Reverend William Blackstone, and the Ten Boom family, are some of the founding stories of the Christian Zionist movement.
The “Hall of the Visionaries”, presents technology unseen anywhere else in the nation. The room is made up of 36 individual touch screens, which together create a digital mural and tell the stories of eleven heroes of Christian Zionism throughout history, and how they helped carry the dream of a Jewish homeland into reality.
A unique animated film tells the stories of several of those heroes designated as Righteous Among the Nations – Oskar Schindler, Irena Sendler, Chiune Sugihara, the Ten Boom family and Raoul Wallenberg – in the fifth display, the gallery of “Lights in the Darkness”. This powerful and emotional presentation chronicles the heroic deeds of these brave souls, who chose to follow their conscience and acted in an inspiring manner, risking their lives to save Jews and being a light in the darkest hour of Jewish history.
The hall of “The Brave”, using cutting-edge technology, tells of other Christian Zionists, who fought on the field of battle and on the field of diplomacy for the establishment of Israel. In this room, actors who depict these characters personally present their stories. The biography of each one of the Brave demonstrates their involvement in the establishment of Israel and their aid to the Jewish people.
The last display, and the most striking and emotional of all, is the “Promise Theater”, the ‘grand finale’ of the tour. A 3D presentation of the personalities seen throughout the museum, with beautiful scenes of the Land of Israel, and a special surprise feature is presented in a wonderfully visual way, leaving visitors with the feeling that they too have answered “Here Am I”, and have become a part of the mosaic of the heroes of Zionism.
Dr. Mike Evans, founder of the Friends of Zion Heritage Center, is a best-selling author and a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize, for his long-standing contribution to the fight against anti-Semitism and the anti-Israel BDS movement. He and his son Michael, President of the FOZ Heritage Center, have been providing assistance for Holocaust survivors and Jewish orphans in Ukraine for over a decade. In the past year, they managed to rescue hundreds of Jews, both Holocaust survivors and children, from Ukraine; and delivered over 1,500 tons of food, medicine, and supplies to refugees stranded in Ukraine.
In Jerusalem, they constructed a Community Center for Holocaust survivors from Ukraine, and fully-furnished apartments for their use on the Friends of Zion campus. The Friends of Zion Organization, for many years now, has financially assisted thousands of Holocaust survivors in Israel, organizing parties, holidays, events and even Bar and Bat-Mitzvah ceremonies for those who were unable to celebrate as young adults. In the recent year they even financed the Holocaust Survivor Beauty Queen Contest, which took place in the Friends of Zion Museum.
The Friends of Zion Museum is a Zionist platform dedicated to the fight against anti-Semitism and BDS, and concerns itself with bolstering awareness for the historical support of the Christian friends of Israel. Their advanced Media Center holds dozens of events, activities, and press conferences in line with the museum's vision. The museum is a non-profit organization. The former Chairman of the international board was the late president of Israel Shimon Peres; other members of the board include former minister Maj. Gen. (Reserve) Yossi Peled, former Chief of the General Staff Lt. Gen. (Reserve) Dan Halutz, former Minister Prof. Ya'acov Ne'eman, and Maj. Gen. (Reserve) Danny Yatom.
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