Mayor Shlomo Lehat of Tel Aviv will try to get the 31-man City Council to reverse a majority decision by the 10-member Municipal Executive against granting land for construction of the first non-Orthodox synagogue and community center in Tel Aviv. The land grand has been requested by the Kedem Progressive Congregation. Lehat, who belongs to Likud and three other members of the Executive from the Independent Liberal Party, supported the request. They were voted Down 6-4 by supporters of the Orthodox religious establishment. If Lehat can rally the Likud majority on the City Council to his view, the land grant will be approved.
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