The Chosen: Jewish members in the 111th U.S. Congress
NEW YORK (JTA)— The following is a list of the 44 Jewish members —13 senators and 31 representatives — who are serving in the 111th U.S. Congress, which convened in January 2009:
U.S. SENATE
Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.)
Benjamin Cardin (D-Md.)
Russ Feingold (D-Wisc.)
Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)
Al Franken (D-Minn.)*
Herb Kohl (D-Wisc.)
Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.)**
Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.)
Carl Levin (D-Mich.)**
Bernard Sanders (I-Vt.)
Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.)
Arlen Specter (D-Pa.)
Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Gary Ackerman (D-N.Y.)
John Adler (D-N.J.)*
Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.)
Howard Berman (D-Calif.)
Eric Cantor (R-Va.)
Stephen Cohen (D-Tenn.)
Susan Davis (D-Calif.)
Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.)
Bob Filner (D-Calif.)
Barney Frank (D-Mass.)
Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.)
Alan Grayson (D-Fla.)
Jane Harman (D-Calif.)
Paul Hodes (D-N.H.)
Steve Israel (D-N.Y.)
Steve Kagen (D-Wisc.)
Ron Klein (D-Fla.)
Sander Levin (D-Mich.)
Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.)
Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.)
Jared Polis (D-Colo.)*
Steve Rothman (D-N.J.)
Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.)
Allyson Schwartz (D-Pa.)
Adam Schiff (D-Calif.)
Brad Sherman (D-Calif.)
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.)
Henry Waxman (D-Calif.)
Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.)
Robert Wexler (D-Fla.)
John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)
* Elected to Congress for the first time
** Senators who were re-elected.
Democrat Rahm Emanuel was re-elected to his Illinois House seat, but left Congress to serve in the Obama administration as White House chief of staff.
At least two senators, Ted Kaufman (D-Del.) and Michael Bennet (D-Col.), have Jewish roots, but do not identify as Jewish.
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What about Alan Grayson?
His religion is listed as Jewish at the CQ Politics website:
http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=news-000002982018
Also he is included in the following story from the Jerusalem Post:
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1225910044052&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/Printer
So many bloodline closet Jews exist in government. (Kerry/Pelosie)
If they support Israel,you know right away--2% of America is Jewish and I say over 50% of top government is. Phonie names /Phonie religions can’t hide them
Odd thing-the Republicians hide them good :^(
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