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The menorah etched on these cufflinks, however, date to a significantly earlier period—specifically the year 0.<\/p>\n

Discovered during the excavation of a drainage channel that runs beneath the ancient Herodian Road, the major thoroughfare upon which pilgrims traveled from the Shiloach Pool to the Temple Mount, the etching is a testament to the incredible bravery of the Jewish people as they fled the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans. It was in this very drainage channel that the Jews hid as they fled Jerusalem. The cracks in the road above, made by the Romans as they searched for Jews in hiding, are still visible today.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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wo thousand years later, the excavation of the channel uncovered the stone slab upon which a five branched menorah was etched. Archeologists believe that we can learn a lot about the shape of the original menorah that stood in the Temple from this carving – found a short distance from the site where the Temple once stood.<\/p>\n

The menorah etched on the cufflinks which Ambassador Dermer brought President Obama all the way from the City of David is inspired by this menorah, truly a symbol of the Jewish nation’s battle over 2,000 years ago, and a testament to our connection to this land and to its capital city, Jerusalem.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Upon presenting his credentials to U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House, Ron Dermer, Israel’s 18th ambassador to the U.S., brought with him a very special gift\u2013a pair of cufflinks with the symbol of the menorah, the symbol of the State of Israel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":96948,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[562],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archaeology-3"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe Story behind the Israeli Ambassador\u2019s Gift - City of David<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Upon presenting his credentials to U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House, Ron Dermer, Israel's 18th ambassador to the U.S., brought with him a very special gift\u2013a pair of cufflinks with the symbol of the menorah, the symbol of the State of Israel.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cityofdavid.org.il\/en\/gift\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Story behind the Israeli Ambassador\u2019s Gift - City of David\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Upon presenting his credentials to U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House, Ron Dermer, Israel's 18th ambassador to the U.S., brought with him a very special gift\u2013a pair of cufflinks with the symbol of the menorah, the symbol of the State of Israel.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cityofdavid.org.il\/en\/gift\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"City of David\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cityofdavid.he\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-11-17T13:35:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-11-17T13:41:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cityofdavid.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/taala_1024x1024.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"896\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"\u05d2\u05dc\u05d9\u05d4\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\u05d2\u05dc\u05d9\u05d4\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cityofdavid.org.il\/en\/gift\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cityofdavid.org.il\/en\/gift\/\",\"name\":\"The Story behind the Israeli Ambassador\u2019s Gift - City of David\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cityofdavid.org.il\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cityofdavid.org.il\/en\/gift\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cityofdavid.org.il\/en\/gift\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/cityofdavid.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/taala_1024x1024.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-11-17T13:35:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-11-17T13:41:29+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cityofdavid.org.il\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/a6fad12957fbc66b55b1240a68003069\"},\"description\":\"Upon presenting his credentials to U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House, Ron Dermer, Israel's 18th ambassador to the U.S., brought with him a very special gift\u2013a pair of cufflinks with the symbol of the menorah, the symbol of the State of Israel.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cityofdavid.org.il\/en\/gift\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cityofdavid.org.il\/en\/gift\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cityofdavid.org.il\/en\/gift\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cityofdavid.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/taala_1024x1024.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cityofdavid.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/taala_1024x1024.jpg\",\"width\":896,\"height\":1024,\"caption\":\"The Herodian Road, with cracks made by the Roman soldiers. 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