THE MENORAH PROJECT

The Ollendorff Center is proud to support The Menorah Project, an initiative of the Center For Interreligious Understanding that places Holocaust Menorahs at Catholic institutions across the United States and around the world.

The goal of The Menorah Project is to bring Jews and Christians together to remember the six million Jews that perished during the Holocaust and recommit to building a society of justice and peace.

The four-foot tall menorahs, created by Israeli sculptor Aharon Bezalel, are replicas of a Holocaust Menorah first presented to Pope John Paul II on April 13, 1999 that now stands permanently at the Vatican's North American College.

On Sunday, December 2nd, 2007, The CIU and The Ollendorff Center presented a menorah to His Eminence Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini, the former Archbishop of Milan, at The Pontifical Biblical Institute in Jerusalem.

On April 6th, 2008, The Ollendorff Center presented a menorah to the Archbishop of Gniezno at the Cathedral Basilica in Gniezno, Poland. The menorah is now on permanent display in The Chapel Of The Crucified Jesus, alongside the 16th Century Crucifix and the Memorial To The 106 Polish Martyrs — including 8 priests from the Gniezno Archdiocese — killed in Nazi concentration camps.

MEDIA & LINKS:

• Learn more about The Menorah Project at the Center For Interreligious Understanding
• View international media coverage of the Jerusalem Menorah event

  • www.christiannewswire.com
  • www.iht.com
  • www.christiancourant.com
  • www.bibbiablog.com
  • www.chiesadimilano.it
  • www.christiantoday.co.uk
    
• View a gallery of photographs from the Poland Menorah event

  
  The mass at Cathedral Basilica
  
  
  The mass at Cathedral Basilica

  
  Filmmaker Yakov Sedlar, Krysztina Czyra, CIU Executive Director Rabbi Jack Bemporad, Stephen A. Ollendorff, Arthur Ollendorff, Bjørg Ollendorff and Ewa Grabowska, Associate of Lech Walesa

  
  
  Stephen Ollendorff lights a Menorah candle at the Dedication ceremony.