Kiryat Wolfson
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Kiryat Wolfson, also known as Wolfson Towers, is a high-rise apartment complex in western Jerusalem. Comprising five towers ranging from 14 to 17 stories above-ground, the project was Jerusalem's firs
Kiryat Wolfson
The five towers of Kiryat Wolfson (left), and adjacent high-rises (right), completely obscure the rural neighborhood of Sha'arei Hesed when viewed from the west.
Mordechai Ish-Shalom
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Mordechai Ish-Shalom, was an Israeli politician and labor leader. He was the Mayor of West Jerusalem from 1959 to 1965.
Kiryat Wolfson
…Hesed, northwest of Rehavia. The towers overlook the Valley of the Cross, the Knesset, and the Israel Museum. In the early 1960s, Jerusalem Mayor Mordechai Ish-Shalom sought entrepreneurs to improve Jerusalem's cityscape. He approached Mordechai and Moshe Meir of Israel, business partners with Sir Charles Clore of…
Mordechai Ish Shalom