LOCATION

Official Website:
http://www.jerusalem.muni.il/

Population:
704,900 (2004)

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
Hebrew University	1918

MUSEUM

Museum	Founded
Israel Museum	1965

ORCHESTRA

Orchestra	Founded
Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Mili Avital	Actor	30-Mar-1972		Stargate
Brian George	Actor	13-Jul-1952		Character and voice actor
David Grossman	Author	25-Jan-1954		The Smile of the Lamb
Natalie Portman	Actor	9-Jun-1981		Black Swan
Ada E. Yonath	Scientist	22-Jun-1939		Cryocrystallography

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi	Head of State	24-Nov-1884	23-Apr-1963	President of Israel, 1952-63
Martin Buber	Philosopher	8-Feb-1878	13-Jun-1965	Ich und Du
Alfred Chester	Novelist	7-Sep-1928	1-Aug-1971	The Exquisite Corpse
Levi Eshkol	Head of State	25-Oct-1895	26-Feb-1969	Third Prime Minister of Israel
Teddy Kollek	Politician	27-May-1911	2-Jan-2007	Mayor of Jerusalem, 1965-93
Meyer Levin	Novelist	8-Oct-1905	9-Jul-1981	Compulsion
Golda Meir	Head of State	3-May-1898	8-Dec-1978	Fourth Prime Minister of Israel
Yitzhak Navon	Head of State	9-Apr-1921	7-Nov-2015	President of Israel, 1978-83
Gershom Scholem	Historian	5-Dec-1897	21-Feb-1982	Revolutionized the study of Kabbalah
Moshe Sharett	Head of State	15-Oct-1894	7-Jul-1965	Prime Minister of Israel, 1953-55
Zalman Shazar	Head of State	6-Oct-1889	5-Oct-1974	President of Israel, 1963-73

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