NEW ELECTED LEADER OF GERMANYS JEWISH COMMUNITY SPIEGEL ADDRESSE NEWS CONFERENCE IN BERLIN.
62-year-old theatrical agent Paul Spiegel (L) and his deputies Charlotte Knobloch (C) and Michel Friedmann (R) pose in front of a photograph of late Ignaz Bubis in Berlin after Spiegel was elected as new leader of Germany's Jewish community, January 9. Spiegel replaces Ignaz Bubis who died in August 1999 after eight years in office.
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