Philippine Ambassador to Israel Generoso Calonge: I am also hopeful that with the documentary film, Yad Vashem would be able to consider extending due recognition to the Philippines and President Manuel L. Quezon
בְנֵי־לֹ֣וט
"For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man" (New International Version, Matthew 24:27 Multilingual).
Bnei Lot are of an ancient origin. In the migratory tradition of Ruth begun more than two millennia ago, a remnant of David and Solomon migrated into Maritime Southeast Asia which comprises what is now Brunei, East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, The Philippines, and Singapore, as well as Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia, with a sizeable minority of Malays migrating back to their tribal allotments in Sephardic Judah, besides Terrestrial and Figurative Jordan.