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Jerusalem Elects Frum Mayor

Frum candidate Moshe Lion, who is a friend of Chabad in Israel, has been declared the newly elected Mayor of Jerusalem. Full Story, Video

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Not so simple
November 15, 2018 9:46 pm

Chabad campaigned for Deisch, the candidate of Agudas Yisroel (led by chassidei Gur) who was eliminated in the first round. In the second round campaign Chabad stayed silent while Aguda messaged chassidei Gur not to vote. In the last hours of the vote, Litzmann, the leader of Aguda, led many chassudei Gur to vote, apoarently for the secularist candidate Berkovitch who lost to Leon. It seems the animosity between Aguda & the other religious parties which supported Leon was more pursuasive than religious issues in Jerusalem

שפיגל ירושלים
November 15, 2018 1:57 am

MHM is very happy and all of us who worked hard to get the vote out bringing us moments closer to the 3rd Beis Hamikdash….👍👍👍👏👏👏 #2 lol funny beyond belief

we need someone who understands what Yerushalayim stands for
November 14, 2018 4:12 pm

We need a mayor who develops Jerusalem as Ir Hakodesh and the religious centre of the world. The other candidates, and the present mayor have been trying to secularize the city instead of enhancing its uniqueness. Hope Lion understands this

Another point
November 14, 2018 10:23 am

Even though Barkat preferred Elkin, he said there is no comparison between Lion and Berkovich on management experience…Berkovich was only good on facebook

Barkat supported Lion
November 14, 2018 9:04 am

“From my close acquaintance with the two candidates and my work with the pair, I have no doubt that Moshe Lion is the best pick for Jerusalem,” said Barkat in a statement on Wednesday night.

Mazel Tov!
November 14, 2018 7:29 am

Moshe Lion has been a frequent guest at Chabad of Midtown for many years. This is great news. B”H.

it's not quite what you think... from someone living in Jerusalem
November 14, 2018 6:51 am

Berkowitz, the other mayoral candidate, is secular and wanted to make secular residents feel more comfortable. Sadly, Lion is corrupt, and probably won’t be a great mayor. Plus, we may see secular residents flee Jerusalem, which won’t be great for Jerusalem, as proportionally they pay most of the municipal taxes. The city certainly can’t survive with a majority non-working Kollel population. Plus, our last frum mayor, Lupulianski, ended up in jail for corruption. So frum doesn’t equal great. Conversely, Barkat, who is secular, was a very good mayor. Neither of these candidates (in the runoff election) were my choice, so… Read more »

Baruch Hashem,
November 14, 2018 2:17 am

Mazeltov!

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