Theodor "Teddy" Kollek was the beloved longtime mayor of Israel's capital, Jerusalem, and served six terms from 1965 to 1993.

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Theodor "Teddy" Kollek was the beloved longtime mayor of Jerusalem, the capital of Israel and one of the oldest cities in the world. He was photographed in 1982 in the midst of six mayoral terms that ran from 1965 to 1993. He began his 28-year career as mayor by establishing the nonprofit Jerusalem Foundation to promote community development, culture, and Jewish-Arab coexistence. Born in Hungary, Teddy Kollek also was an early leader of the struggle for the independence of Israel. He died in 2007 at the age of 95.

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