Chicago Tribune reporter Ron Grossman hits the pavement and discovers that Rahm Emanuel, who just quit as White House chief of staff to run for Chicago mayor, may already have trouble with his own people.
He finds:
*Conservative Jews who are upset that Emanuel is associated with a White House that has had notable tensions with Israel;
*Orthodox Jews who are upset that Emanuel announced his resignation on Simchat Torah;
*Liberal Jews who are upset that Emanuel is associated with a White House that has had notable tensions with the Democratic Party left.
He saves the best for last though:
Jews think of a Jew in the public eye as representing all of them with his or her behavior, said Chayim Knobloch, a rabbi and proprietor of the Kol Tuv supermarket on Devon.
Emanuel is famous for peppering his conversations with swearing, while Jews have a longstanding caution: "Don’t make a shandah for the goyim" — be aware of your behavior in gentile company.
"So I have a small request," Knobloch said. "Rahm should watch his language."
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