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Teddy Kollek: Builder of Jerusalem (Jps Young Biography Series)

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Teddy Kollek was for over thirty years the Mayor of Jerusalem. In those years he was a tremendous builder of the City who greatly enhanced its cultural life. His devotion to the City was a twenty- four hour a day one. His famous catnaps at all kinds of public function were the sign of how untiring he was in his efforts to build the city. The whole Israel Musuem cultural area of the city owes an enormous debt to his . When he was Mayor Jerusalem turned from being a little backwater into a dynamic and growing city with international flavor. On the whole Kollek sought to be a good Mayor to the Jewish majority and Arab minority of the City .
His own story climaxes in his career as Mayor but he also did valuable service as aide to Ben- Gurion in helping build the State of Israel.