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Jews in the White House
Get ready for even more Jewish spouses, grandchildren and appointed officials in the next US administration
Nov 12, 2020
Jews make up just about 2% of America’s population, and yet their place in the White House is substantial and growing.
President Trump boasted a Jewish son-in-law, and when his daughter Ivanka converted to Judaism it meant that his grandchildren are now, according to Jewish laws, Jewish as well.
All three of Joe and Jill Biden’s kids grew up staunch Catholics, but married Jews. The baby grandson Biden held in his arms after his victory speech last week is Jewish according to Halacha, or Jewish Law. The Biden grandchildren from their late son Beau are also Jewish by birth.
Hunter Biden married Jewish filmmaker Melissa Cohen and marked the occasion by getting a tattoo just like the one Melissa has with the word ‘Shalom’ in Hebrew letters.
Daughter Ashley married Howard Krein, a doctor and professor from New Jersey. During their 2016 wedding, then-Vice President Biden danced the hora and famously said, “I’m the only Irish Catholic you know who had his dream met because his daughter married a Jewish surgeon.”
In addition to Biden’s Jewish in-laws and grandchildren, his pick for vice president, Kamala Harris, is also married to a Jewish man, Doug Emhoff. This will make him the first Jewish spouse of an American president or vice president.
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