ISRAELI FLAG INSTALLED ON WEITZMAN FACADE
October 12, 2023
A Message from Dr. Misha Galperin, President and CEO, Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History
At this grief-laden moment, when our family, friends, and fellow Jews in Israel so need to know that we stand proudly and assertively with them, the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History is proud to install a large Israeli flag on the Independence Mall façade of our building.
The banner is a highly visible public expression of support for Israel in Philadelphia just days after the heinous Hamas massacre of innocents. It will remain on the building so long as the situation demands.
On October 12, on the Museum’s Kimmel Plaza, we were joined with a broad gathering of supporters from and reaffirmed our hope of two millennia, to be a free people in our own land of Israel. This remains our unwavering determination today and forever.
The Weitzman Museum is grateful to Color Reflections for fabricating and helping to subsidize the installation of the banner, with additional support from a growing list of donors.
Already, and almost certainly increasingly in the coming weeks, voices of hate will rise in condemnation of Israel and the Jewish people. Please join us in demonstrating that The Weitzman will remain a shining beacon against the darkness of antisemitic hate and terror.
