Wikipedia's first sentence called it “third mayor of the city ashdod in israel”. Today it says “israeli politician who was the third mayor of the city of ashdod”.
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Aryeh Azulai ( Hebrew : אריה אזולאי ; born 9 July 1933) was the third mayor of the city Ashdod in Israel. Born in Fes , Morocco, Azulai is a teacher by profession. He held a number of roles in the education system until he was elected as mayor of Ashdod in 1983. During his time as mayor his best-known achievement was the foundation of the Ashdod Development Company and the Korin Maman Museum. He was replaced as mayor by Zvi Zilker (who he had earlier succeeded) in 1989. Since 1993 he has been involved in the Jewish Agency . ṿe-Afriḳah, Mekhon Shiloaḥ le-ḥeḳer ha-Mizraḥ ha-tikhon (1988).
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Aryeh Azulai ( , born 1933) was the third mayor of the city Ashdod in israel . Born in Fes , Morocco , Azulai is a teacher by profession. He held a number of roles in the education system until he was elected as mayor of Ashdod in 1983. During his time as mayor his best known achievement was the foundation of the Ashdod Development Company and the Korin Maman Museum. He was replaced as mayor by Zvi Zilker (who he had earlier succeeded) in 1989. Since 1993 he has been involved in the Jewish Agency .
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Aryeh Azulai ( , born 1933) was the third mayor of the city Ashdod in israel . Born in Fes , Morocco , Azulai is a teacher by profession. He held a number of roles in the education system until he was elected as mayor of Ashdod in 1983. During his time as mayor his best-known achievement was the foundation of the Ashdod Development Company and the Korin Maman Museum. He was replaced as mayor by Zvi Zilker (who he had earlier succeeded) in 1989. Since 1993 he has been involved in the Jewish Agency . ṿe-Afriḳah, Mekhon Shiloaḥ le-ḥeḳer ha-Mizraḥ ha-tikhon (1988).
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Aryeh Azulai ( ; born 9 July 1933) was the third mayor of the city Ashdod in Israel. Born in Fes , Morocco, Azulai is a teacher by profession. He held a number of roles in the education system until he was elected as mayor of Ashdod in 1983. During his time as mayor his best-known achievement was the foundation of the Ashdod Development Company and the Korin Maman Museum. He was replaced as mayor by Zvi Zilker (who he had earlier succeeded) in 1989. Since 1993 he has been involved in the Jewish Agency . ṿe-Afriḳah, Mekhon Shiloaḥ le-ḥeḳer ha-Mizraḥ ha-tikhon (1988).
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third mayor of the city ashdod in israel
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israeli politician who was the third mayor of the city of ashdod
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