(JTA) Ron Kampeas - The Museum of the Bible in Washington, dedicated last Friday, celebrates Jews and Judaism as the noble, beloved antecedents to Christianity, and argues that its best modern expression is in the State of Israel. One permanent exhibit is dedicated to the biblical underpinnings of the abolition of slavery and of the civil rights movement. Ron Dermer, the Israeli ambassador, noted, "Those ideas inscribed in your founding documents and etched on your statues are not merely the values of America, they are the values of the Bible." On the fifth floor are artifacts contributed by Israel's Antiquities Authority. The exhibit is permanent, but the Israeli authority will rotate the items.
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