Rabbi Moshe Porush, of the Agudat Israel party, was elected Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem today, by the city’s Municipal Council which is headed by Mapai Mayor Mordechai Ish-Shalom. Rabbi Porush, who heads the two-member Agudah faction on the Council, will also direct Jerusalem’s Social Welfare Department.
The Agudah party, which had hitherto refused to cooperate with the Municipal Council on the issue of mixed bathing in the recently built swimming pool, has now agreed to discuss the question in a committee in which Mapai and the National Religious party will also participate. The Agudah had earlier castigated the National Religious party for joining the city coalition.
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