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Theodore "Teddy" Kollek, who died Tuesday at age 95, will be remembered for his acclaimed stewardship in what may be the most challenging city hall position in the world - mayor of Jerusalem. Born in Hungary and raised in Vienna, Kollek was elected mayor of a then-divided Jerusalem in 1965. But two years later, after the war of June 1967 during which Israel drove Jordanian forces out of the West Bank, Kollek found himself running a reunified (and therefore sharply divided) city that included some of the holiest sites of the three Abrahamic religions. In a December 1971 essay...
...Even Arab leaders in occupied Jordan acknowledge that Mayor Teddy Kollek's supervision of the annexed territory has been generally benevolent and progressive. Arab residents have gained new schools, health centers, theaters, sewers, running water and electricity while paying only part of the taxes that Israelis pay. Part of this, obviously, is aimed at softening criticism of the Israeli annexation, yet most Arabs would still prefer to live under an Arab flag. Israel also recognizes the jurisdiction of Moslem religious courts and allows an Arab curriculum in Old City schools. 'We have no intention of creating a melting...
...this and other TIME stories covering Kollek's 28-year tenure as mayor of the Holy City, click here...
...calm the waters, B.Y.U. President Jeffrey Holland went to Israel and pledged last August that any Mormon teacher or student who proselytizes will be sent home. Church President Ezra Taft Benson last week wrote to Kollek, promising that Mormons will honor all Israeli laws. These commitments have not mollified Rabbi Moshe Porush of Yad 1'Achim (A Hand to the Brothers), an antimissionary organization that is spearheading the protests. He points to a 1979 Mormon handbook on how to convert Jews, which the church says is no longer...
Responding to the growing pressure, a committee of the Israeli Knesset (parliament) wants the project halted, and a special government panel is pondering what to do. Meanwhile, several influential Israelis have come to B.Y.U.'s defense. Mayor Kollek stated last week that all faiths "should be free to practice their own religion among their own people here in Jerusalem." Former Foreign Minister Abba Eban declared that the "free exercise of conscience and dissent in a democratic society" is at stake...