Mendel Kaplan has setting the stage for a four-person contest that will be decided June 10

NEW YORK (JTA) -- South African steel magnate Mendel Kaplan has officially entered the race for the interim presidency of the World Jewish Congress, setting the stage for a four-person contest that will be decided June 10.

The outcome will end weeks of speculation over who will succeed the longtime

president, Edgar Bronfman, who is stepping down following years of turmoil within the organization.
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