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After Oct. 7, Australian Jews grapple with a mass doxxing — and wonder what happened to their country

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Mexico’s first female and first Jewish president, Claudia Sheinbaum, said her mother was born in Mexico. Geneological documents show she was born in Bulgaria and survived the Holocaust. Illustration by Odeya Rosenband. (Luis Antonio Rojas/Bloomberg via Getty Images and the Jewish Documentation and Research Center of Mexico.)
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Mexico’s new Jewish president has not been telling the truth about her family’s Holocaust story

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Mexico’s first female and first Jewish president, Claudia Sheinbaum, said her mother was born in Mexico. Geneological documents show she was born in Bulgaria and survived the Holocaust. Illustration by Odeya Rosenband. (Luis Antonio Rojas/Bloomberg via Getty Images and the Jewish Documentation and Research Center of Mexico.)
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Mexican presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during the 2024 closing campaign event in Mexico City, Mexico, May 29, 2024. (Photo/JTA/Brigette Reyes/ObturadorMX/Getty Images)
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Jewish liberal Claudia Sheinbaum likely to win this week’s Mexican presidential election, polls show

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