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First Person: The Yitzhak Navon I knew

The fifth president was brilliant but modest, erudite in the Bible and Judaism, able to communicate in six languages with cleaning workers and kings, a talented playwright and lover of Jerusalem.

President Yitzhak Navon at the wedding of Judy Siegel and her husband, Nahum Itzkovich
President Yitzhak Navon at the wedding of Judy Siegel and her husband, Nahum Itzkovich
(photo credit: JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH)
ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
NOVEMBER 12, 2015 12:48
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