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Ir Amim's new Executive Director: Yudith Oppenheimer |
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In July 2008 Yudith Oppenheimer became Ir Amim's Executive Director, replacing Amos Gil. From 2000 Yudith served for six years as Executive Director of Kol Ha-Isha - the Jerusalem Feminist Centre - where she advanced women's rights and a just society. Yudith holds a Masters degree in Development Administration from the University of South Africa, and she is a Doctoral candidate at the Department of Hermeneutics and Cultural Studies at Bar Ilan University. Yudith has recently finished a two-year fellowship at the Mandel School for Educational Leadership.
For the letter of Ir Amim's new Executive Director, Yudith Oppenheimer
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Jerusalem's Planning and Construction Committee accepted Ir Amim's main objections to the Mughrabi Gate plan |
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In a meeting held two weeks ago, Jerusalem's planning and construction committee accepted our demands that archeological remains from the later periods - including Mughrabi quarter remains - be preserved, and that utilization of the space under the bridge for prayer must be prohibited. The committee also accepted our recommendation that the bridge design follow the original plan.
Panel nixes expansion at Western Wall By Akiva Eldar, August 4, 2008
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2500 new housing units approved for Givat Hamatos |
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On July 15th Jerusalem's planning and construction sub-committee approved a plan to construct a new section of Givat Hamatos, a neighborhood located west of Derech Hebron Road and Beit Safafa, and south of Talpyiot. The newly approved plan includes an area with 2500 housing units. A total of 4000 housing units are planned for the Givat Hamatos neighborhood. The proposed neighborhood, drwan up by the Israel Land Administration, has been sub-divided into four different plans, which have been variously suspended in the last 18 years. Ir Amim has submitted objections against two of the four plans.
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