The Scroll of Fire Monument

The Scroll of Fire Monument stands in the Jerusalem hills, west of the Kesalon moshav, commemorating the history of the Jewish people from the Holocaust to the rebirth of the State of Israel. It was inaugurated in March 1972.

The monument was initiated by B’nai B’rith in the United States, with their funding. The site was chosen by Yosef Weitz, one of the leaders of the Jewish National Fund (JNF) and a founder of the Israel Land Administration. The monument was sculpted by artist Nathan Rapoport, himself a Holocaust survivor.

The monument is made of bronze and stands eight meters tall. It is shaped like two scrolls, representing the Jewish people as the People of the Book. One scroll depicts the Holocaust, and the other the rebirth of the nation.

The Holocaust scroll includes depictions of Janusz Korczak and his children, a row of helmets representing Nazi soldiers, a figure of a ghetto fighter holding a grenade, and other figures behind camp fences. This section concludes with images of Holocaust survivors arriving in Israel during Aliyah operations, Jews from the land helping them off the boats, and a figure of a Jew kissing the ground of the Land of Israel.

The rebirth scroll features various symbols of the land, such as olive trees, a child holding a cluster of grapes, Rabbi Goren blowing a shofar by the stones of the Western Wall, the Menorah of the Temple as depicted on the Arch of Titus, a figure of an elder (resembling Rabbi Aryeh Levin) symbolizing the prophet Elijah, people dancing the Hora, and flags waving near an angel blowing a trumpet.

Between the two scrolls, there are two memory chambers, each inscribed with a verse from the Bible.

The monument is located in the Forest of the Martyrs in the Jerusalem hills, near the moshav of Kesalon.