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This timeline shows Obama’s biggest Jewish moments

Relive everything from the first-ever White House seder to the latest Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.

President Barack Obama, wearing a traditional Jewish yarmulke while speaking at Adas Israel Congregation in Washington, D.C. on May 22, 2015. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Images)

By Gabe Friedman January 18, 2017 11:49 am

As Barack Obama’s presidency comes to an end this week, it is safe to say that his eight years in the Oval Office were historic in the eyes of the Jewish community — whether they supported him or not. Here are his biggest Jewish moments in one timeline.

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