A JNF-KKL scroll presented to David Ben-Gurion during a tree-planting ceremony in Meginim Forest in 1949 has been found at the Ben-Gurion House in Tel Aviv and will be put on display for the public.
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The scroll was in on the premises for decades, but no one looked at it. Israel Hayom has learned that only recently, ahead of Tu B'Shevat, the scroll was unrolled and examined after renovations to the building.
Originally, the scroll was presented to Ben-Gurion by students at the Jerusalem school where the first JNF-KKL meeting was held. It contains stories from the history of Zionism that stress the importance of planting trees, fighting for the land, returning to the land of our forefathers, and the JNF-KKL's activities.
Curators at Ben-Gurion House say that "the scroll was closed in its wrapping for years, and that can be seen in its good state of preservation. Its content has never been presented at the house and it shines with the Zionist story."
Ayelet Nahmias-Verbin, chairwoman of the Ben-Gurion House board of directors, said, "This week and throughout the upcoming month we will display the KKL scroll that was presented to the first prime minister and defense minister at Ben-Gurion House Tel-Aviv.
"The house, which Ben-Gurion left to the state, tells the story of Israel through his vision and the decisions made under its roof," Nahmias-Verbin said.
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