Alfred Donath was elected the new leader of Swiss Jewry. A professor and vice president of the University of Geneva, Donath replaces Rolf Bloch as president of the Federation of Jewish Communities in Switzerland. Donath said he will put the fight against anti-Semitism at the top of his agenda.
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