Councilman and community officials busied themselves with phone calls on Monday surrounding the imprisonment of Yehoshua Pollack as a suspect in the ongoing Holyland investigation. Pollack, the treasurer of Betar Illit, was remanded by the Rishon L�Tzion Magistrate�s Court on Thursday. His absence resulted in a first-ever cancelation of a council meeting and today, officials announce Pollack�s shoes will be filled by R� Yehuda Gerelitz.

Mayor Meir Rubinstein held a telephone vote with council members, requesting that Gerelitz, the city�s director-general fill in for Pollack to permit him to continue running the community and until Pollack�s return, the two will sign checks.

(Yechiel Spira � YWN Israel)