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Jerusalem Tourism: Monument to the Victims of the World Trade Center
Jerusalem tourism itineraries have a new site to add. Our newest monument, a memorial to the victims of 9/11 was dedicated on November 12.
Located in Arazim Park, the new monument is visible from afar as you approach the entrance to Jerusalem, set against the backdrop of the Jerusalem Mountains.
A 30-foot high sculpture depicts an American flag morphing into a memorial flame. The sculpture sits on a granite block that once was part of the Twin Towers. Designed by award-winning artist Eliezer Weishoff, and commissioned by by the Jewish National Fund-USA/Keren Kayemet L'Israel, the monument also depicts the World Trade Center and Pentagon through sculpture and landscape architecture.
The flag sculpture is surrounded by a crater-like, circular plaza. Around the plaza, encircling the flag, are the engraved names of the world trade center victims.
The Jerusalem monument is the only one outside New York to list the names of every single person who perished in the attack.
Here is the video of the dedication ceremony on November 12, 2009, attended by US Ambassador James Cunningham, Defense and Air Attache Colonel Richard Burgess, U.S. Congressman Erik Paulsen, families of the victims and Israeli dignitaries.
