PM's wife Sara Netanyahu and American Ambassador David Friedman
inaugurate new art installation at memorial ceremony to mark 18th
anniversary of Sepetmber 11 attacks
A new art installation lit up Jerusalem's skies Tuesday evening in
a ceremony marking 18 years since the devastating attacks in the U.S.
on September 11, 2001.
The ceremony held at the KKL-JNF 9/11 Living Memorial Plaza in
Jerusalem Park presented an art installation called a “Tribute in
Light.”
Lighting of the pillars (Photo: Haim Versano)
The installation comprises two 300-meter tall illuminated pillars
shining from Emek Ha’arazim in the north of the city all the way to the
Tel Aviv-Jerusalem highway.
Tribute in Light (Photo: Haim Versano)
At the ceremony, jointly held by KKL-JNF and JNF-USA, the beams
were lit up by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife, Sara, U.S.
Ambassador David Friedman, KKL-JNF Chief Development Officer Ronnie
Vinnikov and JNF-USA Chief Israel Officer Eric Michaelson.
The “Tribute in Light” has been held each year in New York in
remembrance of the victims of the September 11 attacks, with Israel
being the first country to participate in this ceremony outside of the
United States.
“Tribute in Light” will continue through the annual 9/11 Memorial Ceremony on Wednesday until the morning of September 12.
