Upcoming Temple Conference

There was one in 1998 and another in 2000.

The next Temple Conference is scheduled for Sunday, Spetember 18 at the Great Synagogue in Jerusalem.

The updated advert:

Highlights:


Guests of Honor:

Minister Silvan Shalom, Vice Prime Minister and Minister for Regional Development and the Development
of the Negev and the Galilee

MK Uri Ariel

Rabbi Yitzhak Levy, Har Etzion Yeshiva


Program of the day

13:30 - Ascent to the Temple Mount. Groups led by guides in Hebrew, English, Yiddish, Russian and Spanish

14:00 - Panel discussions on Women's Ascent; Renewal of a Temple Culture; Temple Mount Destruction in light of the State Comptroller's Report; Rebuilding the Temple; the Temple Mount in the Media.

18:00 - Main convocation start; Get-together; Mincha.

19:00 - Plenum session; Welcoming remarks; Video Film: "Linking up to the Temple"; "The Campaign for the Temple Mount in the Knesset Corridors";

21:00 - Festive Meal and Mitzva Dancing.

Sponsors: The Movement for the Establishment of the Temple; Temple Institutte; The Fund for the Temple Mount and the Temple; Temple Now.

Contact info: 0506988856  052-5743827; 02-5380485


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UPDATE

They just sent out an English-language ad:

My translation wasn't that much off.


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UPDATE

THE TEMPLE CONFERENCE & BANQUET


In 1991, 24 years after the liberation of The Temple Mount, the heads of The Movement for the Restoration of the Temple decided that the status quo on the Temple Mount, whereby only a bare handfull of Jews would ascend the Temple Mount in purity and holiness required an organized, well planned campaign. It was decided that the campaign would be kicked off with a Temple Dinner.

The first Temple Dinner had only 30 guests in the social hall of a neighborhood schul, but within a year, 300 guests crowded into the Yeshivat HaKotel hall in the Old City. The tremendous jump in numbers reflected the results of a year of hard work and public relations. The gathering together of hundreds of Jews whose connection was restoring the Temple and ascension to the Temple Mount proved to be an important rallying point for the movement.

Year after year, mond more and more Jews were ascending the Mount and the dinner expanded from many hundreds to over a thousand. As the numbers grew, more and more public figures found an interest in appearing at the dinner. The public figures included Rabbis, Knesset Members, performers, etc.

After 10 years, the Movement decided to upgrade the dinner to a full day conference. The event was no longer just a banquet of Temple activists, but rather an event bringing together major decision makers and figures of national influence to discuss different aspects of the Temple and it's relevance to national events.

At the last conference, matters relating to economics, social welfare, and theology were discussed vis-a-vis the Temple. After a day long series of discussion panels completed their work, the activists, guests, and supporters gathered for the customary banquet which included an exhibition by Rabbi Yehuda Kroizer on the preparation of the meal offerings in the Temple, master of ceremonies, actor Yehuda Barkan, speeches by Rabbi Dov Lior, Nachum Rabinowitz and many others, musical interludes, and presentation of awards to the guests of honor for their work in raising Temple Mount awareness, Aryeh King, Chedva Rauch, and Meir Hess-Green.

The conference-banquet will take place this year at the great synagogue in Jerusalem on the 18th of September.

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