Teddy Was Jerusalem
Tuesday, January 2, 2007
From Haaretz: Theodor "Teddy" Kollek, who as mayor for more than a generation shepherded the transition of Jerusalem from a Mideast backwater with a glorious past to a world capital of culture and politics, died Tuesday at age 95.
"Teddy was Jerusalem and Jerusalem was Teddy," Mayor Uri Lupolianski said Tuesday. "With his spirit and personality he symbolized the true unified Jerusalem, the capital of Israel. The city of Jerusalem and the entire state are indebted to Teddy for his tremendous contribution to the people of Israel, the state and its capital."
Interesting tidbit: According to the article, he was named after Theodore Herzl, the legendary founder of Zionism.
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Posted by B Feiler at 11:39 AM
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