LOCATION

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

Population:
704,900 (2004)

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
Hebrew University	1918

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Mili Avital	Actor	30-Mar-1972		Stargate
David Grossman	Author	1954		The Smile of the Lamb
Josephus	Historian	37 AD	100 AD	The Jewish War
Isaac ben Solomon Luria	Religion	1534	5-Aug-1572	Jewish mystic
St. Mark	Religion	fl. 1st c. AD	fl. 1st c. AD	Author of the second Gospel
Amos Oz	Novelist	4-May-1939		Elsewhere, Perhaps
Nehemiah Persoff	Actor	2-Aug-1919		The Harder They Fall
Natalie Portman	Actor	9-Jun-1981		Queen Amidala in Star Wars
Yitzhak Rabin	Head of State	1-Mar-1922	4-Nov-1995	Twice Prime Minister of Israel
Edward Said	Educator	1-Nov-1935	25-Sep-2003	Orientalism
Sirhan Sirhan	Assassin	19-Mar-1944		Assassin of Robert F. Kennedy

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
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
Herod the Great	Royalty	c. 74 BC	4 BC	Roman Ruler of Palestine
John of Damascus	Religion	c. 676 AD	4-Dec-749 AD	Early scholastic church father
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
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

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