June 23, 2009
LONDON (JTA) -- Britain's Parliament for the first time elected a Jewish
speaker of the House of Commons.
John Bercow, 46, a Conservative lawmaker, was elected Monday in a secret
ballot.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown in congratulating Bercow noted that he was the
Parliament's first Jewish speaker.
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/06/23/1006053/british-lawmakers-elect-first-jewish-speaker
mazaltov au nouveau speaker.