(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Elections to the Jewish community which was recently formed have just been concluded here. The Orthodox and the Zionist parties were the groups who submitted candidates.
There was a very small poll, only about 357 of the 12,000 Jews entitled to participate voting.
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