Australian PM appoints Jewish Deputy – Australian Jewish community celebrates appointment of Josh Frydenberg—son of Holocaust survivor and synagogue attendee—as deputy prime minister and treasurer. | Ynetnews

Joshua Frydenberg (47) was sworn in as Treasurer and Deputy to Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison Friday. He wore a black kippah and used a Hebrew bible (Old Testament) for the oath.
Joshua, the son of Holocaust survivors, is close with the Chabad movement and regularly attends synagogue on Shabbat. His mother, Erika Strausz, is a psychology professor at Melbourne University. She was born in Hungary in 1943 and immigrated to Australia after World War Two where she met and married surgeon Dr. Harry Frydenberg.