"Noah's Dove," 1978

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O is for olive branch for ABC Wednesday.
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Or, more accurately translated from the Hebrew of Genesis 8, a "freshly-plucked olive leaf."

"Noah's Dove" rises from the plaza next to the Jerusalem Theater that I posted a few days ago in reflection.

This week's Torah portion is Parshah Noah.
Chabad.org has lots of ways to look at it, and Wikipedia has lots of old paintings of the famous Genesis stories about Noah and the Flood, his naked drunkenness and cursing of Canaan, and the Tower of Babel.
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Naming the doors

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After visiting the Presidential Residence on Sukkot everyone exited from the garden, down the stairs, and into the back yard of the equally impressive Jerusalem Theater (both were dedicated in 1971).
Many of us sat down and pulled out our picnic lunch.
But first I snapped a picture for Weekend Reflections and Monday Doorways.
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More properly called the Jerusalem Center for the Performing Arts, it comprises

• the 900-seat Sherover Theater
• the 750-seat Henry Crown Symphonic Hall
• the 450-seat Rebecca Crown Auditorium
• the 150-seat Little Theater
  

The WizeGuide Jerusalem -- Step by Step excellent guidebook tells a funny story about the doors:

"The Crown Wing

In February 1986, the original hall [funded largely by Miles Sherover] acquired three brothers.
The extended family was funded by the Crown family from Chicago, who had actually planned on their donation being used for a soccer stadium.
After haredi circles torpedoed the stadium plans, mayor Teddy Kollek was forced to convince the Crowns to trade the stadium for a theater.
Stadium, theater -- what's the diff?

But that was not all there was to it.
The new donors demanded that their names appear on more than just the check.
On the other hand, the Sherovers were the ones who had financed the main hall.

What to do? Compromise!

An entrance was added to the complex, proclaiming 'The Rebecca Crown Auditorium,' while the sign 'Sherover Theatre' was added above the original entrance."

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