Five years after Arab rioters set fire to the Yeshuat Ha-Ha synagogue in Shomer Homot, residents of Ramat Eshkol in Lod, together with residents of the neighborhood for generations, held the "Resurrection Happening" there, in which hundreds of participants painted spectacular paintings of the Temple, Israeli flags, and an illegal immigrant ship on the wall of the synagogue surrounding it.
According to the organizers of the happening, it is intended to express the continued momentum and growth experienced by the community and the city of Lod since the 'Guardian of the Walls' events to the present day.
According to them, it was precisely the challenges that the residents experienced in those days that led to a greater blossoming of a tangible sense of mission in the presence of the Jewish community in Lod.
Alongside the shared drawings, the participants enjoyed various activity stations for the children, also to show how the Jewish birth rate increased in the city and neighborhood and how crowds of children play in its streets.
Noam Dreyfus, CEO of the Ludaim organization that produced the happening: "The paintings on the walls of the synagogue and the joy of the hundreds of children are the clearest and most convincing answer to those who sought to burn the place down and undermine our security here five years ago. The Yeshua Ha's synagogue that caught fire has become a symbol of revival, and this happening proves that the fire that once existed can be extinguished, but not the spirit of the Jewish community in Lod.".
""From the challenge, we grew, we grew, and we promised that our presence here would only deepen and flourish. We are restoring what was damaged, building the future forward, and connecting the younger generation to our roots, to Zionism, to our great mission here, the prophecy of redemption, "And the children returned to their borders," engraved under the city's emblem.".
