Mordechai Ish-Shalom (Hebrew: מרדכי איש-שלום), (1902–1991[1]), was an Israeli politician and labor leader. He was the Mayor of West Jerusalem from 1959 to 1965.
Mordechai Ish-Shalom | |
|---|---|
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| Mayor of Jerusalem | |
| In office 1 November 1959 – 29 November 1965 | |
| Preceded by | Gershon Agron |
| Succeeded by | Teddy Kollek |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1902 Lithuania, Russian Empire |
| Died | 21 February 1991 (age 88 or 89)[a] Jerusalem, Israel |
| Political party | Mapai |
Biography
editMordechai Ish-Shalom was born in Lithuania during the reign of the Russian Empire. He immigrated to Mandate Palestine in 1923. His labor career began in the Stonecutters' Union in 1935; he then rose through the ranks of the Histadrut, the Israeli trade union congress.[1]
In 1964, Ish-Shalom established an interdisciplinary professional team to plan the modernization of Jerusalem.[2]
In the 1970s, he was instrumental in the development of Kiryat Wolfson, a five-tower high-rise project overlooking Sacher Park.[3]
Notes
edit- ^ a b The New York Times reports his birth year as 1902 yet gives his age when he died in 1991 as 90.[1]
References
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- ^ a b c d "Mordechai Ish-Shalom, Jerusalem Ex-Mayor, 90". The New York Times. Associated Press. 23 February 1991. Section 1. Page 13. Archived from the original on 15 April 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ^ Isenstadt, Sandy; Rizvi, Kishwar, eds. (2008). Modernism and the Middle East: Architecture and Politics in the Twentieth Century. United Kingdom: University of Washington Press. p. 168. ISBN 9780295987941.
- ^ Dvir, Noam (21 May 2010). מגדלי וולפסון בירושלים - האח הגדול של הולילנד [Jerusalem's Wolfson Towers: The Big Brother of Holyland]. Haaretz (in Hebrew). Retrieved 12 January 2014.