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Restoring Courage tour
DateAugust 24, 2011
LocationMain event: Temple Mount Western Wall / Safra Square
Jerusalem

Viewing parties in more than 60 countries.[1]
WebsiteGlennBeck.com/Israel

Restoring Courage was a campaign announced in May 2011 by media personality

Mercury Radio Arts sponsored three rallies or observances associated with Restoring Courage, including a rally attended by hundreds of supporters on August 24 at the Southern Wall of the Temple Mount.[5][6]

Events

During the lead-up to the tour, on June 27, 2011, Beck was invited to address the

Itamar attack.[7]

The ecumenical gathering "The Courage to Love" was held as part of the campaign on August 21, 2011, before an audience of 3,000 people attended the event at the Caesarea amphitheater, with the event broadcast to over a thousand churches, mostly in the United States. Gospel singer

Mike Evans, Christians United for Israel – founder Pastor John Hagee, Florida megachurch pastor Tom Mullins, and American-born Israeli Orthodox Rabbi Aryeh A. Leifert.[8][9][10]

An observance in remembrance of the Holocaust titled "Courage to Remember" took place in the

Auschwitz, and a panel discussion including Beck, Rabbi David Greenblatt of United With Israel, David Brog of Christians United for Israel, and author Mike Evans[11] The program ended with a candle-passing ceremony among Rudy Wolff's descendants, accompanied by the young tenor Benjamin P. Wenzelberg of New York's The Metropolitan Opera Children's Chorus, followed by stadium fireworks.[12]

A comparatively more impromptu event during Beck's tour was the dinner he hosted the evening of August 23, 2011, at Jerusalem's Bible Lands Museum. At his speech there, Beck said:

We have spent 2,000 years at each other's throats, mainly us at your throat. It is time to stand and say, 'Enough.' It is time to return home to His throne and beg His forgiveness and tell him unequivocally we will knock it off, we will stand arm in arm. The times require it; it is not a human rights movement, it is a human responsibility movement. If we do not recognize our responsibilities, we have no rights. This is the beginning, there is no end until we all live in peace and we all respect the Jewish people and their rights to live here in peace.[13]

Performing at "Courage to Stand" on August 24 before an audience of about 1,700 near the

Fogel family (victims of the attack on Itamar; presented posthumously and accepted by the mayor of Itamar on their behalf), Jewish-and-Arab co-owners of the suicide-bombed Maxim restaurant of Haifa, and philanthropist Rami Levy.[16][17][18][19]

Reactions

Several dozen individuals rallied in a counter-protest near the venue of the August 24 event, organized by the Israeli activist organization Peace Now, declaring that Beck's campaign and its location were ill-advised or inappropriate. Their chants for Beck to go home, etc., could be heard during Beck's rally on that day.[9][20] A small pro-Beck demonstration was also situated nearby, at which was sung the Israeli national anthem.[21]

Before the main rally, American commentator (and appellate defense attorney)

Yosef Shalom Eliashiv, Israeli settler activist Moshe Feiglin and Dov Lior, rabbi of Kiryat Arba, opposed the rally as a harbinger of Christian missionary zeal within the Jewish homeland.[23]

See also

References

  1. Jerusalem Post
  2. ^ Kim, Mallie Jane (May 18, 2011). "Will Glenn Beck's Israel Rally Hurt U.S. Foreign Policy?". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved May 20, 2011.
  3. ^ Horn, Jordana (May 18, 2011). "Glenn Beck heading to Israel again – for summer rally". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved May 20, 2011.
  4. ^ Gelles, David (May 17, 2011). "Glenn Beck plans Jerusalem rally to back Israel". Financial Times. Retrieved May 20, 2011.
  5. ^ MacNicol, Glynnis (May 20, 2011). "It Will Cost You $5000 To See Glenn Beck In Israel". Business Insider.
  6. ^ Kershner, Isabel (August 24, 2011). "At Temple Mount, Glenn Beck Draws Crowd of Hundreds". The New York Times.
  7. ^ Glenn Beck to address Knesset panel in July
  8. ^ Miller, Sara (August 22, 2011), Glenn Beck in Caesarea: Singing, praying, love for Israel and more than a few tears, Haaretz
  9. ^ a b Hartman, Ben (August 22, 2011), Glenn Beck's Ambivalent Welcome in Israel, The Atlantic
  10. GlennBeck.com
    , August 21, 2011
  11. ^ "Glenn Beck to visit Auschwitz for live show", Hal Boyd. Deseret News. June 9, 2011. Accessed June 14, 2011
  12. GlennBeck.com
    , August 22, 2011
  13. Jerusalem Post
  14. ^ Sherwood, Harriet (August 24, 2011), "Glenn Beck tells Jerusalem: 'Evil is growing. Darkness is falling'", The Guardian, London
  15. Salon magazine
  16. Jerusalem Post
  17. ^ Miller, Sara; Berthelsen, Morten (August 24, 2011), Live blog: Glenn Beck's 'Restoring Courage' rally in East Jerusalem, Haaretz
  18. GlennBeck.com
  19. ^ Heller, Jeffrey (August 24, 2011), Glenn Beck rallies for Israel near Jerusalem holy sites, Reuters
  20. Jerusalem Post
  21. ^ Ephron, Dan (August 21, 2011), Beck's Holy Land Crusade, The Daily Beast
  22. Huffington Post
  23. ^ Jeffay, Nathan (September 1, 2011), Glenn Beck's Israel mission has backfired, The Jewish Chronicle Online

External links

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