RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — Brazilian Jack Terpins was unanimously re-elected president of the Latin American Jewish Congress.
The election took place Monday at the World Jewish Congress meeting in Jerusalem.
A longtime activist in Brazil, Terpins, 61, recently finished his term as president of the Brazilian Israelite Confederation, Brazil’s Jewish umbrella organization.
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