Former Jerusalem Mayor Rav Uri Lupoliansky is once again free to travel following a multi-year travel ban. The former mayor received his passport back from authorities which was confiscated in 2010 during the Holyland real estate trial.
Lupoliansky used his new travel freedom to attend two New York City functions and was a honored speaker at an Agudas Yisrael function as well as the ceremony in which an honorary doctorate was bestowed upon Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat.
Since the Holyland case exploded the travel ban was in effect, prohibiting him and others from leaving the country. His passport was returned about a month ago after he completed six years of community service, his sentence in the case in which he was convicted of accepting bribes, a donation to enhance the shul in the Yad Sarah Building.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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I hope he is feeling better. He is a good person, they went after him because they were jealous
He was a featured speaker at the Torah Umesorah Presidents Conference in Aventura Florida in mid December. He has obviously had his passport back for a while.