Israeli officials are considering a request to reserve a burial plot in the Mt. Herzl national cemetery for the billionaire philanthropist who serves as the president of the World Jewish Congress. The unprecedented request to bury a non-citizen in a section of the cemetery reserved for Israel’s leaders came from an Israeli lawmaker, not from Edgar Bronfman, according to an official with the Jewish Agency for Israel. The agency is taking the request seriously because of Bronfman’s efforts on behalf of the Jewish people, the official said.
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