Jerusalem: Transfer of allocation to Conservative 'synagogue' prevented

September 15, 2014   

 Haredi achievement: An allocation for a Conservative 'synagogue' in the Kiryat Yovel neighborhood of Jerusalem was rejected. In the Kiryat Yovel neighborhood, there is a Conservative 'synagogue' of the 'Yovel Community'. The complex, which was previously a kindergarten, was awarded last year to the Conservative community, and now they are required to go through a process of extending the allocation. The Haredi representatives on the council, of course, wanted to fight against the allocation, and to that end, they rallied all the Haredi representatives. However, the one who was absent from the discussion is the deputy mayor for Shas, Zvika Cohen, who is currently abroad for a family celebration, and the one who is supposed to fill his place on the committee - the chairwoman of the local Shas faction, Nati Lasri. The allocation was ultimately rejected by a margin of two votes, by the fingers of committee chairman Yohanan Weizman, deputy mayors Yossi Deitch, Israel Kellerman and Haim Epstein, and council members Eliezer Rauchberger and Nachmaniel Saban - with only four representatives from the secular delegation present. Nati Lasri, in response to Haredim10, said that he had been out of town since the morning hours, on personal matters, and that he did not know that he would be needed on the committee. "The evidence is that in the finance committee that was held today, I already made sure yesterday that my substitute, Michael Malchieli, would be on the committee.".