Haim Aharon Valero

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Haim (or Chaim) Aharon Valero (1846-1923) born in Jerusalem, Palestine. Son of Jacob Valero (1813-1874) who established the first private bank in Palestine: "Jacob Valero & Company" .

After his brother's death in 1874, Haim became head of the family and general manager of the Valero Bank in Palestine. Haim Aharon was the first person chosen to the Sephardi Kollel leadership who was not a rabbi. He headed the Jerusalem Sephardi community for twenty five years. He served as a member of the District Council, the mixed court, and the consular courts in Jerusalem.

[edit] See also

• Jacob Valero, family patriarch in Ottoman Palestine.
• Aaron Valero,great-grandson of Jacob Valero. Israeli physician and educator.

[edit] Bibliography

• Kark, Ruth and Glass, Joseph (2007). Sephardi Entrepreneurs in Jerusalem: The Valero Family 1800-1948 (English Translation Edition)"". Gefen Publishing House. ISBN 978-965-229-396-1
• Kark, Ruth and Glass, Joseph (2005). The Valero Family: Seven Generations in Jerusalem, 1800-1948 (Original Hebrew Edition). Gefen Publishing House. ISBN 965-229-336-9
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