Ben Bernanke, former Fed chair, shares economics Nobel for research on banks and crisis Bernanke, who experienced antisemitism as a child in South Carolina, was one of at least five Jewish chairs of the Federal Reserve.
Ben Bernanke memoir: Classmates thought I had Jew horns The former Fed chief remembers it being worse for blacks when he was growing up in South Carolina.
Stanley Fischer confirmed as Fed’s vice chairman Stanley Fischer, a former Bank of Israel governor, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as vice chairman of the Federal Reserve.
