Politics

Chuck Schumer

Chuck Schumer is now the highest-ranking elected Jewish official ever. He wants to make more history.

Becoming majority leader is a possible climax to a career that many have called extremely ambitious, even by Washington, D.C. standards.

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Reporter's Notebook

Joe Biden’s inauguration was replete with anxiety, and a lot of it was Jewish

An inauguration replete with roadblocks and sans revelers lining the streets brings back memories of past celebrations.

Avril Haines is Biden’s first confirmed Cabinet member as director of national intelligence

Haines, who identifies as Jewish, is the first woman to head the intelligence community.

Watch: Rabbi Sharon Brous calls for ‘a new America’ at National Prayer Service

Ellis Island

Jon Ossoff had a totem of his American Jewish heritage in his pocket when he joined the Senate

Andrew Borans is the CEO of the Alpha Epsilon Pi Foundation and the former executive director of the fraternity. (Screen shot from YouTube)

AEPi executive steps down from pro-Trump group following backlash from fraternity alumni

Watch: Jon Ossoff is sworn into Senate seat holding historic Hebrew bible

More than a dozen Jews, but not Sheldon Silver, among Donald Trump’s last-minute pardons

All the Jews Joe Biden has tapped for top roles in his administration

Jon Ossoff

Jon Ossoff will be sworn in on book of scripture owned by rabbi of Atlanta synagogue bombed by white supremacists

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