Deir Yassin: Remembrance and Forgiveness
by: Daniel McGowan
April - May
1997
The Link - Volume 30, Issue 2
Page 2
DYR also met with Michel Sabbah, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Jerusalem. While giving our project his full endorsement, he counseled us not to create a Holocaust-style memorial, but rather one which demonstrates Christian forgiveness, even to the murderers who committed the massacre. His point was well received and will be incorporated into the specifications for the memorial design competition.
Much has been accomplished by DYR in the past two years. However, the critical phases are before us. We have artists and sculptors eager to compete to design the memorial; we have people ready and willing to petition the Israeli government for a suitable site at Deir Yassin. But we have yet to raise the initial $100,000 necessary to launch the project.
Daniel McGowan is a professor of economics. He can be contacted at Hobart & William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY, 14456; telephone, 315/781-3418; e-mail, McGowan@hws.edu.
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