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Jerusalem (JTA) —
Jerusalem Chief Rabbi Yit-
zhak Kolitz is trying to come
up with a solution to the
worsening crisis over
2,000-year-old Jewish graves
that has pitted fervently Or-
thodox haredim against city
officials trying to build a key
overpass.
Rabbi Kolitz visited the
site at French Hill, viewed
the half-dozen ancient burial
caves uncovered so far and
consulted with engineers
and city officials.
"Of course we have to take
account of the needs of the
living," Rabbi Kolitz told
reporters, referring to the
daily traffic jams in the nor-
thern part of the city that
should be relieved by the
construction of an overpass
‘, at the controversial site.
"Otherwise there would be
no problem," he said. "But
we have to find a way to do
so without offending the
honor of the dead."

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Informed sources said the
rabbi wanted several days to
study the issue.
A great many hopes are
pinned on Rabbi Kolitz
reaching a solution accep-
table both to residents of the
northern suburbs of Neveh
Ya'acov and Pisgat Ze'ev,
who drive into town through
the clogged arteries each
day, and to Athra Kadisha,
the haredi organization that
specializes in protecting
graveyards.
Mayor Teddy Kollek said
he was hoping for an
amicable solution both at
French Hill and at another
potentially explosive site,
the Mamilla project in the
center of the city, where ar:
chaeologists say graves have
been found belonging to
Christians, not Jews.
Demonstrations of
haredim took place at both
sites this week, but on a
relatively small scale. The
rabbinical court of the Or-
thodox Eda Haredit has,
however, ruled that the re-
mains at French Hill be pro-
tected "by all means."
On the other side, the Ar-
chaeological Association, in
conjunction with the
secularist organization
Hemdat, has asked the High
Court of Justice for an order
against the Israel Anti-
quities Authority, aimed at
preventing a future han-
dover of ancient coffins for
reburial.
They said ossuaries and
sarcophagi ought to go to
museums.

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