Word: purim
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...general of the Prime Minister's office. Elected mayor of Jerusalem on a Labor ticket in 1965, he has been re-elected three times, and in 1978 swept 276 of the city's 322 districts. At the parade that climaxed last month's merrymaking festival of Purim, Kollek was crowned king of Jerusalem. "I don't need to be king," said he. "I'm Teddy Kollek the mayor." The crowd roared its approval...