The precursor of the Community Council of Jerusalem (Va'ad HaKehilla) was established circa 1864 to represent the interests of the Jewish community to Ottoman authorities; beginning with Mandatory Palestine it dealt with British Empire authorities.[1][2][3][4] Dealing largely with neighborhood and civic matters such as taxation and local security, and more particularly interests of the old Yishuv community, members provided much-needed financial support for the Haganah during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War in a drive run by Yaacov Pat at the initiation of member Rose Vitales.[5][6][7] [8]
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- ^ https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Mazeikiai/VaadHakehila.htm
- ^ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232964356_Jerusalem's_Va'ad_Hakehila_during_British_rule_in_Palestine_1917-1948
- ^ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/250180399_Women_as_Victims_of_War_The_British_Conquest_1917_and_the_Blight_of_Prostitution_in_the_Holy_City
- ^ "Ben Zvi fondly remembers a deceased fellow member of Hashomer and Haganah in this TLS signed while President of Israel". Universityarchives.com. 1958-02-09. Retrieved 2013-12-05.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Reinharz, Shulamit; Raider, Mark A. (2005). "American Jewish women and the Zionist enterprise". UPNE. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
- ^ "Jewish Women's Archive: Haganah". Jwa.org. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
- ^ https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/viteles-rose
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