Israeli artist Farag Peri presents AuCoin with a photograph from his Capitol Hill exhibit, "In Your Heart -- Jerusalem"
Title
Israeli artist Farag Peri presents AuCoin with a photograph from his Capitol Hill exhibit, "In Your Heart -- Jerusalem"
Description
A photograph of US Congressman Les AuCoin and Israeli artist Farag Peri. In 1984, Congressman AuCoin joined a bipartisan group of Representatives and Senators in sponsoring a photo exhibit of the Holy City in the Cannon House Office Building next to the U.S. Capitol. A press release from the AuCoin office quotes Peri as stating: "As we Jews say to each other, 'HaShana HaBa'a b'Yerushalayim' -- next year in Jerusalem! -- and I hope to greet you next year in the City of Peace....I hope my photos have shown that 'Middle Easterners' of all kinds -- Arabs, Christians and Jews -- can live in peace and harmony in Jerusalem. Again, I thank you for making this possible."
This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. AuCoin served in the Oregon House of Representatives (1971-1975) and in the United States House of Representatives from Oregon's 1st District (1975-1993).
Date Created
April 13, 1984
Subject
Place
Identifier
PUA_MS147_603
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Source
Les AuCoin Papers, Pacific University Archives
Type
Image