In 1987, students were living in the Jerusalem Center. BYU was still being very careful to keep public opinion on their side in regard to the Center. The Jews who had opposed the Center were still worried that despite the commitment made by the Church and the School and even each individual student, proselytizing would...
This article was in the Church News and discusses President Holland’s visit to the Holy Land in August 1985 to do some PR work for the Jerusalem Center. He met with government officials, religious leaders, and gave 18 press interviews.
Written by Wolf Blitzer, this article appeared in the Jerusalem Post and discusses Senator Orrin Hatch’s appeal to the Israelis. Hatch says that we will personally get involved if the Jerusalem Center were to violate agreements or to do anything improper. He shows his absolute trust in those involved.
As a PR move to demonstrate to the citizens of Israel that the BYU students have been studying in the Holy Land for years and have not caused any problems, this advertisement was placed in the Jerusalem Post on January 5, 1986. All of the former students were listed.
This is a report of when the students finally took residence in the Jerusalem Center in 1987, after fierce opposition.
In the midst of the controversy regarding the center construction and opening, church leaders held a low-key dedication on May 16, 1989. The private ceremony included President Thomas S. Monson who conducted with Elders Boyd K. Packer and Jeffrey R. Holland in attendance. President Howard W. Hunter gave the dedicatory prayer. Link to a digital...
Quote below references the difficulties that Brigham Young University and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were having in 1986, which led to the acquisition of signatures of members of the US House of Representatives on May 8,1986 in support of the Jerusalem Center: “…the United States Congress intervened on our behalf with...
