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Article: Roots and wings: Jerusalem and Zionism.
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- November 1, 2004
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EDITOR'S NOTE: Arthur Cohn received the "Guardian of Zion Award" presented by the Bar Ilan University Faculty of Jewish Studies and the Ingeborg Rennert Center for Jerusalem Studies on May 27, 2004 at a dinner ceremony at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem. It was then that Mr. Cohn delivered the Annual Distinguished Rennert Lecture, which is published here with some revisions with the author's permission.
The earliest memories of every Jew are tied to Jerusalem. Jerusalem is mentioned repeatedly in our dally prayers and in the "Grace after Meals." In our most supreme moment of happiness, at a wedding, we break a glass, became no joy can be complete while the ...