Dialogue of Suffering - Fountain of Tears

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02.09.2024 · 01:00:03 ···
01.01.1970 · 01:00:00 ···
24.07.2023 · 05:01:57 ··· 5 ··· ··· 15 ··· BENjamin

1:: Camp Nana 2020

01.01.1970 · 01:00:00 ··· 16.08.2020 · 00:17:19 ··· ···
··· ··· ··· ··· Camp Nana 2020 happened in bits and pieces at various locations. Fun times at the beach/South Padre Island and celebrated June birthdays with a huge water slide and yummi cakes.

2:: Israel Goldstein Youth Village History - Documentary

01.01.1970 · 01:00:00 ··· 06.09.2019 · 14:05:59 ··· ···
··· ··· ··· ··· The Israel Goldstein Youth Village of Hanoar Hatsioni, is a Jewish boarding school. The Campus is located in the heart of Jerusalem, it has beautiful grounds. The school’s remarkable 70-year history was established as a center/orphanage for children who had survived the Holocaust. In the winter of 1949, a boarding school was founded on what had been Monastery Hill in the San Simon area of Jerusalem. Its first students were 40 orphans who were brought by boat from Europe. Today, the Goldstein Youth Village is home to 400 residential students, with 200 more bused in each day for classes and activities. The students, who are aged 12 – 18, are in grades 7 – 12. They can remain in the program until they graduate, when they must enter the military. The school’s demographic history echoes the state’s immigration history. The 50’s and 60’s brought an influx of émigrés from Arab countries. Soon, the school became a melting pot for Jewish kids from all over the world. As immigration slowed in 1970, the administration realized that they had to take in Israeli-born children from development towns and other culturally deprived environments. Although the school began as an agricultural village, in the 1970s it became a vocational training school. To help eradicate the cycle of poverty, it became imperative to teach the students trades so they could find employment. Students learn applied arts, home economics, hotel management, fashion design and many other fields of interest. In 1990, the Village took in the first group of Russian children from an area near Chernobyl. Two years later, 50 students – some as young as eight-years-old - were airlifted from Sarajevo. The first wave of Ethiopian students entered the program in 1994. In 1993, the first Na’Aleh group of 80 students from the FSU(Former Soviet Union) were brought to live at the Village. This program continues, with 80 new students coming in each year. The teens come to Israel without their parents, and most choose to remain in Israel. About thirty percent of their parents eventually make aliyah as well. The addition of Russian students, who are academically oriented, necessitated a major change in curriculum. The school no longer offers vocational training. Today, high level academic courses are the norm and the school’s music program is universally acclaimed. I had the opportunity to meet and speak with several bright young Na’Aleh students, who came to Israel from Moscow, Ukraine and Kazakstan. They described their families, their interests and their reasons for coming to Israel. READ more visit the website https://www.israelyouthvillage.org/

3:: Israel Goldstein Youth Village - Jerusalem - Home for the Lone Soldiers

01.01.1970 · 01:00:00 ··· 06.09.2019 · 12:27:43 ··· ···
··· ··· ··· ··· Israel Goldstein Youth Village - Jerusalem - Home for the Lone Soldiers.

4:: The Spielberg Jewish Film Archive Rescue from Sarajevo

01.01.1970 · 01:00:00 ··· 06.09.2019 · 12:10:34 ··· ···
··· ··· ··· ··· Jewish children being rescued from the war in Sarajevo coming to the Israel Goldstein Youth Village in Jerusalem.

5:: FOUNTAIN OF TEARS IN AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU

01.01.1970 · 01:00:00 ··· 23.08.2019 · 02:55:39 ··· ···
··· ··· ··· ··· Seven sculptured relief panels reflecting the last seven utterances from the crucifixion . . . Seven life size bronze figures symbolizing the response and reflection of the Holocaust . . . Six pillars of stone for a memorial to the six million perished in the Holocaust. The Fountain of Tears is based on the verses of Jeremiah, “Oh Lord that my head were a spring of water and my eyes a fountain of tears that I would weep day and night for the lost of my people.” This was a cry and prayer from Jeremiah, and it is also my prayer that the Lord God would remember the six million and pay back all that was taken from this people as a result of the Holocaust.In 2012/2013, it was possible to purchase a small piece of land approximately 300 meters from the gates of Auschwitz Birkenau. The Fountain of Tears, Arad is housed in what could be perceived to be a large tent; in Birkenau the Fountain is in a building with the interior designed to facilitate the sculptures and their communication. The Fountain of Tears in Arad has six olive trees that are a part of the display. The trees represent the promise of God to bring life to the number six million; to take this number of death and turn it into a number representing life, but specifically back in the land of Israel. In Birkenau there are no olive trees. The Fountain of Tears in Arad, the stones of the crucifixion panels are the color of Jerusalem stone. (an off white with light yellowy gold). This is representing the color of the land of Israel. The panels in Birkenau are grey representing the ash from the camp when it was fully operational. In Arad the six pillars of stone that divide the crucifixion panels are made from the stone in the Judean wilderness. In Birkenau the six pillars are made from stones mostly from the area around the camp, but also stones gathered from the areas close to the other killing camps. In the building at Birkenau there is a “Hallway of Questions”. This is a hallway that the visitor walks through before coming into the large room that holds the Fountain of Tears. The hallway is dimly lit and it has half-walls that force the visitor to go back and forth as they proceed through. There are eight sculpted panels representing seven questions and one response. The hallway with its turns and darkness and questions tries to represents a deep struggle; Rick’s resistance in entering into a creative process that would be the Fountain of Tears. In Arad, Israel there is no “Hallway of Questions”, but is where all the questions began. www.fountainoftears.org

6:: Rick Wienecke expresses his creative message in 3D

01.01.1970 · 01:00:00 ··· 12.07.2019 · 04:14:57 ··· ···
··· ··· ··· ··· The Fountain of Tears Memorial expresses artist Rick Wienecke's creative message in 3 D. Israel was reborn from the ashes of the Holocaust. www.fountainoftears.org

7:: It is strange to hear Christians Thanking me for 'my obedience'!

01.01.1970 · 01:00:00 ··· 12.07.2019 · 04:07:15 ··· ···
··· ··· ··· ··· Artist Rick Wienecke finds it odd when Christians walk up to him and say 'Thank you for obeying the LORD. Rick's definition of the LORD being his LORD demands obedience. . . learn more about the Fountain of Tears at www.fountainoftears.org

8:: Each one Identifies and responds to the Fountain of Tears

01.01.1970 · 01:00:00 ··· 12.07.2019 · 03:59:25 ··· ···
··· ··· ··· ··· Artist Rick Wienecke shares how each one identifies and responds to the Fountain of Tears - A Sculptured Dialog of Suffering between the Crucifixion and the Holocaust.

9:: The Fountain of Tears in Arad, Israel, then Birkenau, Poland, now coming to Austin, TX, USA

01.01.1970 · 01:00:00 ··· 12.07.2019 · 03:51:27 ··· ···
··· ··· ··· ··· Israelis say that the Fountain of Tears Memorial needs to go out for the world to see. . . First it was created in the Judean Desert Arad, Israel, second a replica was created in Auschwitz-Birkenau and coming now to Austin, TX - USA. www.casaisrael.com

10:: Artist Rick Wienecke explains the meaning of the word payback when explaining his creative process

01.01.1970 · 01:00:00 ··· 12.07.2019 · 03:43:47 ··· ···
··· ··· ··· ··· What is the the meaning of payback that esculptor Rick Wienecke talks about when explaining his creative process for the Fountain of Tears Memorial? Renewing, rebuilding, restoring as a payback. The Lord God of Israel would remember the six million and pay back all that was taken from His People as a result of the Holocaust. The Fountain of Tears is a Memorial to the Holocaust. It is a Dialogue of Suffering between the Crucifixion and the Holocaust visit www.fountainoftears.org

11:: Church and Jewish Replacement Theology

01.01.1970 · 01:00:00 ··· 12.07.2019 · 03:28:53 ··· ···
··· ··· ··· ··· Artist Rick Wienecke explains Church replacement theology and Jewish replacement theology. At one point in time Poland was considered a holy land

12:: Is the Atheist Jewish Professor accusing God?

01.01.1970 · 01:00:00 ··· 12.07.2019 · 03:17:01 ··· ···
··· ··· ··· ··· Watch artist Rick Wienecke telling about the emotional behaviour of a Jewish Professor visiting the Fountain of Tears, declaring she did not believe in God and went on to say that the Bible is a book of fairy tales and really bad poetry. Watch the response from the artist.

13:: ART expressing a shocking statement

01.01.1970 · 01:00:00 ··· 12.07.2019 · 03:07:39 ··· ···
··· ··· ··· ··· Artist Rick Wienecke speaks about his sculptures expressing a shocking statement. Israelis visiting the Fountain of Tears tell him: 'You took the 2 hardests things in our history and you put them at the same table. . . This is insane'. and the artist replies, yes, Art is a communication that bypasses the intelect!

14:: The Fountain of Tears - ART communication panel 4 and the Butterfly a Child in the Crematorium

01.01.1970 · 01:00:00 ··· 12.07.2019 · 02:52:47 ··· ···
··· ··· ··· ··· Israeli artist Rick Wienecke talks about understanding the ART communication and explains why panel 4 called 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?' touches deep inside every viewer. The sculpture Butterfly-The child in the crematorium identifies with a child in the womb. ART tries to communicate hope by showing a hand clutching a small piece of property that represents the Land of ISRAEL. www.casaisrael.com

15:: The Fountain of Tears - A voice crying in the Judean Desert of Israel.

01.01.1970 · 01:00:00 ··· 12.07.2019 · 02:38:09 ··· ···
··· ··· ··· ··· The Israeli artist Rick Wienecke speaks about the Fountain of Tears Memorial and calls it 'a voice crying in the Judean Wilderness'. The artist's life journey from Canada to Israel is written in his book called 'Seeds in the Wind' sold by www.Lulu.com-Rick Wienecke