Haim Aharon Valero - Biography

Haim (or Chaim) Aharon Valero (1846–1923) was a Palestinian Jewish bank manager and kollel leader. Born in Jerusalem, he was the son of Jacob Valero, family patriarch in Ottoman Palestine, who established Jacob Valero & Company, the first private bank in Palestine.

After his brother's death in 1874, Haim Valero became head of the family and general manager of the Valero Bank in Palestine. He was the first non-rabbi chosen to the Sephardi Kollel leadership. 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.

See also

Aaron Valero, grandson of Haim Aharon Valero, Israeli physician and educator.

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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