The dispute over leadership of the Rome Jewish community which developed after the liberation of the city by the Allies, was settled last night when the newly-formed Jewish Community Council elected Vitale Milano as its president.
Milano, whose son is a professor of Romance languages at Columbia University in New York, is a prominent elderly resident of Rome. He escaped deportation by the Nazis by hiding during the German occupation.
The selection of a chief rabbi to replace the converted ex-rabbi Israel Zolli, which was scheduled to take place at last night’s meeting of the community council, was deferred. The council adopted a resolution expressing thanks to the American Joint Distribution Committee for the aid given in the re-establishment of Jewish communal institutions in liberated Italy.
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