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Supporters celebrate as Jerusalem mayoral candidate Moshe Lion arrives at his campaign headquarters as he leads the early counting in the municipal elections for Jerusalem on Oct. 30, 2018.

Moshe Lion elected Jerusalem mayor in a tight runoff

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Jerusalem City Councilman Moshe Lion narrowly defeated his opponent, fellow councilman Ofer Berkovitch, in the second round of municipal elections for the Jerusalem mayoralty on Tuesday. Lion won 51.5 percent of the votes against...
Supporters celebrate as Jerusalem mayoral candidate Ofer Berkovich arrives at his campaign headquarters as he leads the early counting in the Municipal Elections for Jerusalem on Oct. 30, 2018. Photo by Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90.

Jerusalem race for new mayor goes down to wire

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Jerusalemites will once again vote on Tuesday to elect their city’s next mayor. The contest headed for a run-off election on Oct. 30, as none of the candidates reached the 40 percent threshold needed...
Jerusalem mayoral candidates Ofer Berkovich, Ze’ev Elkin, Moshe Lion, Yossi Daitch and Avi Salman seen during a debate between candidates to the upcoming Jerusalem Municipality election on Oct. 21, 2018. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Final countdown: Who will be crowned king of the golden city?

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If the candidate whose fans chant the loudest—and jump up and down the most—will become winner of the Oct. 30 election for mayor of Jerusalem, then it seems that city council member Moshe Lion...
City Hall in Jerusalem, Aug. 22, 2018. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Jerusalem mayoral candidates offer new direction, flavor for historic capital

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The Midrash says there are 70 names of Jerusalem. To be sure, the quirks of Jerusalem history have added a few more along the way. Yet the city whose roots go back more than...
Jewish worshippers pack the area in front of Jerusalem’s Western Wall for the "Birkat Kohanim," or "Priestly Blessing," during the holiday of Sukkot on Oct. 8, 2017. Credit: Yaakov Lederman/Flash90.

A look at the eight candidates vying to succeed Nir Barkat as Jerusalem’s mayor

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The late Jerusalem Mayor Teddy Kollek used to say that if one wants to uproot and replant a tree in Jerusalem, it might require the U.N. Security Council. He was not exaggerating. Jerusalem is home...