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The names of the founding members, officials and first council came from the "Constitution and Bye-Laws" from 1915 and can be found via the Internet Archive at https://tinyurl.com/utxn5kzj For more information on this set, please see https://www.jewishgen.org/safrica/communities/28/index.htm on JewishGen's South African Research Division site or the Research Division's home page at https://www.jewishgen.org/safrica/index.htm#TOP