A Jewish judge was made president of Chile’s Supreme Court. Judge Marcos Libedinsky, 70, was elected the new president of Chile’s Supreme Court of Justice with 16 of 20 total votes. Libedinsky, who is open about his Jewish background, will start his two-year rule on Jan. 6.
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