Not only is Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo the first Jew, but also the first woman to be elected as mayor of Mexico City.
Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, running on the slogan « Together we shall tell history, » broke tradition as the first Jewish mayor of Mexico City, the largest city in North America, on Sunday. Greater Mexico city is home to more than 21 million people and is the largest spanish-speaking city in the world with a Jewish minority population estimated to be no more than 50,000.
