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Children paint
‘their’ Jerusalem
m Kieamont Ave., N.t. Atlanta, Georgia wra
by Malkab Raymist
Two hundred thousand children
all over the world participated in
the “Children of the World Paint
Jerusalem” competition held in
September 1977 under the
patronage of the Mayor of
Jerusalem, on the occasion of the
10th Anniversary of the
Reunification of Jerusalem.
The age of the exhibitors was
limited to between seven and 11.
First prize winners abroad
received a free flight to Israel, and
those in Israel—a gold medal. The
idea, launched through Israel
Embassies in the world, had such
great appeal, that some countries
without diplomatic ties with Israel
also responded. Thus began the
year-long effort of the children of
the world—black, white, red and
yellow—to paint Jerusalem. In city
and village schools, the children
painted and painted, were
criticized or praised, despaired or
rejoiced. In Jerusalem, the winning
entries were selected anonymous
ly, without the jury knowing the
names and nationalities of the
young artists.
Prize winners were given
certificates by Mayor Teddy
Kollek, received by the Prime
Minister, stayed a week in Israel,
saw the sights of the Holy City and
toured the country. Fourteen first
prizes went to foreigners and six to
Israelis, of which four gold medals
were awarded individually and two
for collective works. A class in a
Jerusalem Jewish school and a
group of 11 boys in an Arab
boys school of East Jerusalem
received gold medals awarded
collectively.
The paintings obviously fell into
two categories—thoee based on
films or pictures of Jerusalem, and
others showing ignorance of the
Zeal Jerusalem though not lack of
imagination.
South American countries
showed a “celestial Jerusalem"
with doves and multitudes of.
churches. Paintings from Catholic
countries and African and Asian
countries showed religious, often
missionary influence, totally
ignoring the fact that Jerusalem is
Jewish, concentrating on churches
and crosses. Others had crosses
and the Shield of David, some also
the Moslem Crescent.
Except for Israeli children, no
one knew how to draw a camel, all
camels appearing with two humps
like those of Central and East Asia.
South American children filled
their pictures with llamas, topping
them with two humps. One picture
had white llamas, each with two -
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yellow humps. Paintings from
France, Belgium and Holland were
mostly knowledgeable; one naive
picture from Belgium showed the
Jerusalem Wall surrounded by
large trees with grapes and roses
growing together on each. A Swiss
painting had an inscription in
German: “Please, never make war
again,” with peace doves and
crossed out tanks.
A South Korean showed
Jerusalem as a fairy-tale enchanted
city
surrounded
flying carpet carrying pilgrims to
Jerusalem, without Jerusalem. A
Moslem sage, in white robes and
turban, sitting on a mat reading the
Koran. No trace or mention of
Jerusalem. Churches, churches,
churches. Bright and daring color
splashes from Burma depicting
Jerusalem in a Burmese landscape,
also full of churches. One picture
from Burma had everything in it:
landscapes, peace doves, very bad
portraits of Bcn-Gurion, Golda
Meir, Dayan, Rabin...Karl Marx.
Some very good pictures came
from countries with no (or no
official) diplomatic ties with Israel:
Kenya, Swaziland, Malta, Sri
. Lanka, India. Peace, the City Wall
and the Dome of the Mosque of
Omar. Jewish and Arab children
shaking hands. Jews and Arabs
dancing together.
Painting Jerusalem must have
greatly appealed to teachers and
children all over the world. So
much so that it made politics rear
its ugly head, almost causing an
incident between a country with
diplomatic ties with Israel and
another definitely without. The
fact that the winners were selected
anonymously was probably
responsible for that.
Little Masha Yatushenko in
France won one of the free flights
to Israel. Her father nearly had a
fit, forbade her to accept it and
accused her school of “trying to
involve his daughter in a Zionist
Plot”. The whole idea was to lure
his daughter to Israel and have her
interrogated there, the Soviet
diplomat stationed in Paris
claimed. He also forbade her to
accept the winner’s certificate,
awarded by the Israel Ambass
ador. No doubt it would be
contaminated by Zionism and
“colonialist Fascism". Masha,
innocent victim whs left out of
everything. Genevieve Maison-
nier, the runner up from France,
received the prize and enjoyed the
free flight to IsraeL " '