In 2008, he was quoted: "I said with a smile that he will be the first Jewish president.

In 1969, he became the first Jewish president of the American Bar Association.

Fellow council members chose him as the first Jewish president of the city's governing body during that term.

His uncle Max was the first Jewish president in Latin America.

He said at the time that there were only two Jewish presidents in the world, the president of the State of Israel and him.

Only country a part from Israel to have had a Jewish president.

Moreover, there have been in recent times at least two Jewish presidents of this "white shoe" association.

In the aftermath, there's even talk of his prospects for a much higher office: "After all, someone has to be the first Jewish president."

Some segments of the press called him "the Jewish president".

Panama is the only country in the world except for Israel which has had two Jewish presidents in the twentieth century.