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North Macedonia's first Jewish lawmaker broke taboos, hit by antisemitism

What began as a token stint resulted in multiple diplomatic spats and the country’s worst-ever wave of public antisemitic rhetoric.

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North Macedonia's first Jewish lawmaker breaks taboos, is hit with antisemitism

As Rasela Mizrahi becomes a hero to some on the right, others on the left unleash the biggest post-Holocaust torrent of hatred ever seen by the country's Jewish community of 200

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North Macedonia's first Jewish lawmaker quickly broke taboos - and was hit with antisemitism


May 31, 2021
11:48 am
Rashela Mizrahi speaks to a colleague during a cabinet meeting in Skopje, North Macedonia, Jan. 14, 2020. (Courtesy of the Parliament of North Macedonia)
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(JTA) — Politics was supposed to be a very brief interlude in Rashela Mizrahi’s career as a scientist.
A 39-year-old Jewish fertility researcher from North Macedonia, she was appointed last year to serve for 100 days as the temporary minister of labor in her Balkan country, situated north of Greece. She was deemed a good nonpartisan pick to serve as a placeholder ahead of elections.
“I had zero interest in politics,” Mizrahi told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. “But I thought it’d send a good message for women. Plus, like any Jewish daughter, I wanted to make my parents proud.”

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