Some 150 Jewish delegates gathered in Sao Paulo to elect a new president of the state’s Jewish Federation. The man chosen Tuesday, Jayme Blay, is a former president of Brazil’s largest shul, the 1,800-family Congregacao Israelita Paulista.
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