Rabbi Judah L. Maimon, Octogenerian Religious’ Leader, Honored
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Rabbi Judah L. Maimon, Octogenerian Religious’ Leader, Honored

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JERUSALEM (Mar. 13)

The “freedom of Jerusalem” was extended to Rabbi Judah L. Maimon, octogenerian scholar and leader of religious Jewry, in a ceremony in which President Itzhak Ben Zvi and Jewish Agency co-chairman Berl Locker participated.

Mayor Gershon Agron presented Rabbi Maimon with a parchment scroll containing a resolution of the city council giving him the freedom of the city.

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