Claudia Sheinbaum is Mexico’s first Jewish president as well as first woman to take office
Claudia Sheinbaum didn’t just make history when she was elected Mexico’s first female president.
She will also be the first Jewish president in a country with one of the largest Catholic populations in the world. Though she’s not religiously observant, Sheinbaum identifies as culturally Jewish and has spoken about her heritage in the past.
“I grew up without religion. That’s how my parents raised me,” Sheinbaum, 61, said in 2018 at gathering hosted by a Jewish organization in Mexico…