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Rahm Emanuel And The Golden Era Of Jewish American Politics
By Jewcy Staff / February 23, 2011
Rahm Emanuel won the Chicago mayoral election last evening with over 55% of the vote, making him the first Jew to become mayor of the city. We followed the election closely, and received dozens of e-mails from readers with their experiences and thoughts on the matter. A few echoed the sentiment that while the idea of having a Jewish mayor is something to be proud of, it doesn’t mean anything that should concern the city. While several of the e-mails likened Emanuel’s victory to Chicago’s first African-American mayor, Harold Washington.
What are your thoughts on Emanuel’s winning? Once Emanuel is sworn in, two of America’s biggest cities will boast Jewish mayors (New York, Mayor Michael Bloomberg), the House Majority Leader (Rep. Eric Cantor) and several senators are as well. Is this a golden era for Jewish American politics?
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Set aside the race, whats important is that a person is responsible enough to do his/her part.
The guy is a pretty huge scumbag. Is that good for the Jews?
I think victories for minorities is always a coup and should be something to be proud of. It is odd to think that having a mayor who is Jewish has taken this long but it’s definitely something to be proud of
WGN had some nuggets all night, and WOW was John Kass was in rare form.
Best anchor desk phrase of the night, “Rahm Bomb” (I think it goes to Mark Suppelsa on WGN).
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