A crowd of thousands cheered for Holocaust survivor Judith Rosenzweig from the "Beit Ha'am for Holocaust Survivors" from Haifa at the "International Christian Embassy" conference in Jerusalem
By: the news reporter of the site "Hai Fe"
The International Christian Embassy in Jerusalem held a huge conference on Thursday (1.10.2015) this week in the new "Pace Arena" basketball hall in Jerusalem, the conference was attended by an audience of nearly 12,000 spectators. For the event, dozens of Holocaust survivors who live in the "Warm Home for Holocaust Survivors" of the "Yad Ezer Heber" association in Haifa were invited as the guests of honor, who were hosted in the Ahamim compound in the event hall. The Christian Embassy in Jerusalem produced and organized the conference, which is considered to be the largest conference held in Israel every year during the Sukkot holiday. which is transmitted live and directly to an audience of millions of viewers in dozens of countries around the world.
During the exciting evening, a beautiful and charming presentation was shown about all the blessed work of the Christian Embassy in Jerusalem for the welfare of the Holocaust survivors of the association. In addition, the founder and CEO of the "Yad Ezer Chavere" association, Mr. Shimon Sebag, took to the stage to greet the thousands of guests. In his emotional speech, he thanked the Christian Embassy for all its support and its blessed and long-standing work for the Holocaust survivors of the association's "Beit Ham for Survivors of the Shah", located in Kiryat The kindness of the association located on Kessel Street in Haifa. Mr. Sebag, in his words, quoted the prophet Isaiah who said, "For out of Zion shall come forth the Torah, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem". Yehudit Satz, who works night and day for the benefit of the Holocaust survivors. In his moving words, he thanked them for their financial, moral, value and voluntary contribution to the "Warm Home for Holocaust Survivors" in which hundreds of Holocaust survivors enjoy themselves throughout the year, thanks to the ongoing assistance of all the embassy's administrative staff and volunteers Christian in Jerusalem.
In addition to his gratitude, Mr. Sebag added, that there is no truer and greater gratitude than that of a Holocaust survivor blessing the Christian embassy herself and thanking them on behalf of all the Holocaust survivors, the residents of the "Holocaust Survivors' House". He called to the stage the 86-year-old resident of the association's "Beit Ham for Holocaust Survivors", Ms. Judith Rosenzweig, who lived through and experienced the inferno at the hands of the Nazi oppressor in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, and survived it with great bravery. Slowly, with a walking stick, Ms. Rosenzweig came up on stage and acknowledged on behalf of all the Holocaust survivors of the association's "Warm Home for Holocaust Survivors". The audience of thousands who were present in the hall and the many guests who came from different countries of the world with tears in their eyes, stood up and stood on their feet and gave long cheers to the Holocaust survivor Mrs. Rosenzweig for her moving words, to Mrs. Judith Satz from the Christian Embassy in Jerusalem and to Mr. Shimon Sebag, CEO of the "Yad Ezer Heber" association.
This week, on the Sukkot holiday, an air train landed in Israel carrying nearly 6,000 Christian pilgrims from 100 countries who came to participate in a religious-social conference that the international Christian embassy holds every year in Jerusalem, an event full of support, love and sympathy for the State of Israel through Christian evangelical organizations from all over the world. "This is a celebration of unprecedented support that we are trying to turn into a tradition in Israel," said Mr. Jürgen Buller, Director General of the International Christian Embassy in Jerusalem, which hosts and produces the conference every year. At their own expense, not funded by anyone or any institution, to express enormous support for Israel. That's the only way to look at it, as a rare and high-quality show of support." The thousands of Christians who are staying in Israel these days is actually a large Christian delegation and is expected to contribute to the Israeli economy tens of thousands of nights in hotels in Israel, meals in restaurants and visits and shopping in the sites and areas where they will travel. It is estimated that the income which includes their stay during their visit to Israel, will reach NIS 40-35 million.
The "Christian Embassy" is a body that represents Christians who are supporters of Israel in all countries of the world. The embassy was established in 1980 by Christian supporters of Israel in the world, as an expression of its believers in all corners of the world to see the goodness of Jerusalem. The embassy, which represents millions of Christians in the world, believes that support for Israel and the return of the Jewish people to their homeland will hasten redemption. Once a year on the Sukkot holiday, tens of thousands of Christian believers gather in Jerusalem, they participate in lectures, events and trips in Israel. This year's conference was held in the new "Arena" hall in Jerusalem, also thousands of them participated in the "Jerusalem March" that took place during the Sukkot holiday in Jerusalem.
The Christian Embassy is not a diplomatic organization, but an international organization of evangelical Christians designed to demonstrate unqualified support for Israel and Jerusalem, its capital. The organization has 80 branches throughout the countries of the world, and its main branch is located in Jerusalem. Every year, the branch in Jerusalem transfers to the State of Israel donations in the amount of about 30 million dollars, which are distributed to various associations.
Israel is one of 80 countries where the Evangelical Christian Embassy has representations, including Canada, Chile, Austria, India, Thailand, Hong Kong, the Netherlands, the USA, Russia, Italy, Nigeria, China, Switzerland, Finland and others. The community There are hundreds of millions of believers all over the world. In Bolivia they number 100 million, in South Africa they number 80 million believers, the same in the USA. The community in China, one of the largest in the world, has 120 million members. All of them sent representatives to the conference, including small countries such as the Fiji Islands and other countries that have never openly identified with Israel. The conference, which took place this week during the Sukkot holiday in Jerusalem, lasted five days and included various tours to get to know the State of Israel and the institutional activities in it. It began with an opening ceremony at Kibbutz Ein Gedi and culminated in the huge production at the colorful event that took place this week at the Peace Arena in Jerusalem in front of thousands of spectators.
Photographs: Roman Loingrad, Adir Yizrif.
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