Teddy Kollek, Legendary Jerusalem Mayor, Passes Away

"Teddy Kollek, the long-time mayor of Jerusalem before, during and after the unification of Jerusalem, passed away in a Jerusalem home this morning (January 02, 2007 / 12 Tevet 5767) at the age of 95. ...

Praise for his tremendous contribution to the building of modern Jerusalem was lavished from all quarters. "Never since Herod has there been someone who brought about such building and thriving as him," said former Knesset Speaker Ruby Rivlin about Kollek.

Born near Budapest in 1911, he immigrated with his family to Palestine - the Holy Land - in 1934. Shortly afterwards, he helped found Kibbutz Ein Gev on the eastern shores of the Sea of Galilee, with his young wife Tamar...

In 1939, he was able to persuade Adolf Eichmann in Vienna to release 3,000 Jewish youths from concentration camps in Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia, and allow them to leave for England....

After the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, Kollek remained in Washington as Israel's ambassador, returning to Israel in 1952 to head Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion's office - a post he held until 1964. The next year, Kollek was elected mayor of Jerusalem, serving in that office for the next 28 years until he was unseated by Ehud Olmert.

Presiding over the unification of the city from 1967 and onwards, Kollek made overtures towards the city's various minorities. ...

"When he was first elected mayor, Jerusalem was a divided city that was not accorded the status it deserved. When he left office in 1993, Jerusalem was a large, modern, united and populous city. He made Jerusalem's glory known throughout the world. .."

MK Collete Avital (Labor): "A giant has left us, the last of a great generation. He was a man who gave his all, with no restraints of time, circumstances, or other, to the city he loved more than anything else in the world - Jerusalem."

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Source : http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=118581

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What a sign!: “Passes Away”...

Luke 21,

29: And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;
30: When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.
31: So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.
32: Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.
33: Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.

Maranatha

The time is short...

Come Lord Jesus !