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Doug Emhoff

close up of a Berkeley sweatshirt with a yellow ribbon pin and a "Bring Them Home" dog tag worn over it
Posted inBay Area

Doug Emhoff’s law firm joins suit targeting UC Berkeley over alleged antisemitism

Jew,  Jewish,  J. The Jewish News of Northern California
Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)Gabe Stutman by Emma Goss and Gabe Stutman April 4, 2025April 14, 2025

The legal team suing UC Berkeley over antisemitism claims in federal court marked two intermediate wins over the past week, according to one of its top attorneys. Willkie Farr & […]

Doug Emhoff poses with the United States Women's National Team before a training session in Auckland, New Zealand, July 20, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Brad Smith-USSF-Getty Images for USSF)
Posted inSports

A Jewish guide to the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup

Jacob Gurvis by Jacob Gurvis July 21, 2023
President Joe Biden poses for a selfie with Amanda Berman, the founder and executive director of the Zioness Movement, during a celebration marking Jewish American Heritage Month in the East Room of the White House, May 16, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Chip Somodevilla-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Antisemitism is the focus at a Jewish American Heritage Month event at the White House

by Ron Kampeas May 17, 2023
(From left) Vice President Kamala Harris, Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, Rabbi Mychal Copeland and Kirsti Copeland at a Hanukkah party at the Naval Observatory in Washington, Dec. 18, 2022. (Photo/Courtesy White House-Samantha Appleton)
Posted inNews

Why S.F.’s LGBTQ synagogue sent a menorah (and rabbi) to the Vice President’s house

Jew,  Jewish,  J. The Jewish News of Northern California
Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss December 23, 2022December 28, 2022
Doug Emhoff (center), husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, delivers remarks during a roundtable about the rise of antisemitism with White House Domestic Policy Advisor Susan Rice (left) and Senior Advisor to the President for Public Engagement Keisha Lance Bottoms in the Indian Treaty Room at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, Dec. 7, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Chip Somodevilla-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

How a tiny student group ended up at the White House antisemitism roundtable

Arno Rosenfeld by Arno Rosenfeld and Forward December 8, 2022
Second gentleman Doug Emhoff, second from left, speaks to an interactive artificial intelligence video of Holocaust survivor Pinchas Gutter, June 2022. (Photo/Jacob Gurvis)
Posted inCalifornia

Doug Emhoff spoke to a Holocaust survivor — and his AI twin — at a cutting-edge exhibit in Los Angeles

Jacob Gurvis by Jacob Gurvis and JTA June 9, 2022June 9, 2022
Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff, left, speaks with Rashad Hussain at a Muslim Jewish Advisory Council event at the U.S. Institute for Peace in Washington D.C., April 28 2022. (Photo/JTA-Ron Kampeas)
Posted inNews

Doug Emhoff says being the second gentleman brought him closer to Judaism

by Ron Kampeas and JTA May 2, 2022May 2, 2022
UC Hastings Jewish faculty and students commissioned San Francisco artist Abrasha to make a mezuzah for the second family. 
Posted inArt

UC Hastings to Kamala Harris: Where’s the mezuzah we sent you? 

by John Ferrannini December 15, 2021April 9, 2022
(From left) Cissie Swig, Vice President Kamala Harris, Sam Lauter (in back) and Rabbi Sydney Mintz at the White House Hanukkah party, Dec. 1, 2021. (Photo/Instagram)
Posted inUncategorized

Local Jewish leaders rep Bay Area at White House Hanukkah party

by J. Staff and JTA December 2, 2021December 3, 2021
A mezuzah from The Magnes at UC Berkeley designed by a German-Israeli-American sculptor named Ludwig Yehuda Wolpert will soon be installed at the vice presidential residence in Washington. (Photo/UC Berkeley-Neil Freese)
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Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff to use mezuzah from UC Berkeley’s Magnes Collection at VP’s residence

by Will Kane November 19, 2021November 23, 2021

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