His other works in Israel include Jerusalem 's Hyatt Regency Hotel , the Brigham Young University Jerusalem Center , Yad Kennedy ( the John F. Kennedy Memorial outside of Jerusalem ) , and the Antiquities Museum in Hatzor ( in Kibbutz Ayyelet ha-Shahar ) , and the Soldiers Home complex ( Yad lebanim ) . The assignment to create Yad Kennedy was the result of a nationwide competition . A memorial to the life of U.S. President John F. Kennedy and his assassination in 1963 , the high memorial is shaped like the trunk of a felled tree , symbolizing a life cut short
assassination in 1963
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
David Resnick