RJC Celebrates the Opening of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem
With great gratitude and pride, RJC leaders traveled to Israel to participate in the historic moment when the United States opened its embassy in Jerusalem, Israel’s eternal capital. (Full video of the ceremony is here.). President Trump made his remarks via video. After the moving inauguration ceremony at the new embassy, the RJC held a reception, co-hosted with Christians United for Israel (CUFI), to celebrate this “promise kept” moment in U.S.-Israel relations. You can see a gallery of photos from the event below
The distinguished guests at the reception included members of the U.S. Senate and House, Israeli officials, and pro-Israel community leaders. Among them were: U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, Joe Lieberman, Sheldon Adelson, Jason Greenblatt, Alan Dershowitz, Reps. Lee Zeldin (R-NY), Tom Rice (R-SC), Steve Knight (R-CA), Jody Hice (R-GA), Scott Taylor (R-VA) George Holding (R-NC), Dennis Ross (R-FFL), Mario Diaz Balart (R-FL), Joe Wilson (R-SC) and Ron DeSantis (R-FL), Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Mike Lee (R-UT) and Ted Cruz (R-TX), Florida Gov. Rick Scott, Mike Huckabee, Michael Oren, Daniel Ayalon, Israeli Ministers Naftali Bennett, Haim Katz, Ze’ev Elkin and Yuval Steinitz, Gregg Roman, Josh Block, Mark Levin, Ralph Reed, George Klein, Cheryl Halpern, Phil Rosen, Phyllis and Richard Heideman, Eliot Lauer, Brad Wine, Martin Selig, Hart Hasten, and Norman Freidkin.