Mormons in Jerusalem: The Untold Story of the Brigham Young University Jerusalem Center

by Jason Matthew Olson

This publication is the first of its kind. It tells the story of the Brigham Young University Jerusalem Center and the challenges that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints overcame to establish one of its most magnificent structures worldwide. This book details the debates the Church had with the Israeli government and the Israeli public over this Temple-like structure in the heart of Jerusalem. Pressure from the U.S. Government, including Mormon Senators and Congressmen ultimately enabled the construction of this historic educational campus.

The author, Jason Olson, is a PhD student in the Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at Brandeis University in Boston, Massachusetts.

93 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 10, 2012