Bigotry hinders fervently Orthodox Jews from advancing within Israeli society, Jerusalem’s mayor said. Uri Lupolianski, the first fervently Orthodox mayor of Israel’s capital, said in an interview Monday that he and his community are regarded with suspicion by other sectors of the Jewish state.
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