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Hey, Hey listeners. On Monday evening Jerusalem lost one of its

cornerstones and we lost a close friend.

For more than 40 years close friend.

For more than 40 years, Shaidorun has held central leadership positions in Jerusalem.

He started off a young man in his 20s as the director of a community center in Nivea Kove.

Teddy Kolic Jerusalem's mythological mayor, noticed him, plucked him out of that position, and appointed him to be his chief of staff.

In 1993, Shai became the founding director of the biblical zoo,

and over the next 25- years at the helm he made the zoo in the aquarium among Israel's most visited sites and I'll just add at least my mind, the most optimistic places in town.

For the last six years he served as the president of the Jerusalem Foundation and led hundreds

of municipal projects that have totally changed the face of the city.

But much more than all that, and on a more personal note, shy was a friend, a mentor and a teacher.

Ever since he invited Israel's story into the Jerusalem Foundation family in 2021, We spoke almost daily. Our offices are just down the hall from his and in

countless conversations, meetings, trips abroad, presentations, phone calls, messages,

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