Francisco Jodar has advanced a possible twinning between Lorca and Jerusalem, the installation of a "Casa de Lorca" in the city and the transfer of the sample "Luces de Sefarad" to Jerusalem.
The Mayor of Lorca, Francisco Jodar, together with the Councillor for Culture and Celebrations of the City of Lorca, Maria Rosa Medina, has received an official delegation from Israel that is making this week a cultural mission to our city.
Alderman is the Director of Tourism of the Old City of Jerusalem, Shlomo Atias, and the Manager of the Old City of Jerusalem, Daniel Suhukrun, which have been accompanied by the President of the Association Beitenu Sefarad, "Aaron Franco.
The objective of this cultural mission that such delegation is aware of first hand and visit the synagogue exists in the surroundings of the castle in our city.
The visit was carried out in correspondence with the Mayor of Lorca made weeks ago to Israel, and in which the mayor met with the Chief Rabbi of Israel, Iona Metzger, who accepted the honorary presidency of the board of the Jewish Foundation of Lorca, as well as the second rabbi of the Western Wall, Daniel Itzak.
During the meeting has been advanced in the possibility that the exhibition "Lights of Sefarad" trip to the Old City of Jerusalem and the twinning between the cities of Lorca and Jerusalem, and the location of a "House Lorca "in a new cultural center in Jerusalem.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca