Sarah presented the hidden scrolls and a model of Jerusalem from the Second Temple period to the wife of the Rwandan president

July 10, 2017   

Prime Minister Netanyahu's wife, Sara, hosted Rwandan President Kagame's wife, Jeannette Kagame, for a visit, at the same time as Prime Minister Netanyahu and Rwandan President Kagame met at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem. The two traveled together by car to the Israel Museum, where they were received by the museum's Deputy Director General, Ayelet Shilo Tamir, and toured the Hall of the Book - guided by the curator of the scrolls, Dr. Adolfo Roitman. The Hall of the Book displayed the first seven scrolls discovered in 1947 in jars in the Qumran Caves, and they also saw a model of the city of Jerusalem from the Second Temple period, built between 1966 and 1962. The model was built according to the reconstruction by Prof. Michael Avi Yona, who studied the writings of Josephus. At the end of the museum tour, Mrs. Netanyahu and Mrs. Kagame traveled together and had a warm and friendly meeting.