Germany’s main Jewish group elected a new vice president Sunday to replace disgraced leader Michel Friedman. Friedman, who resigned his post at Germany’s Central Council of Jews in July after police found cocaine in his possession, is succeeded by Salomon Korn, 60, who has headed Frankfurt’s Jewish community since 1999.
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