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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)
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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)
Posted inNews

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
Eric Lander with his family at his swearing-in ceremony with Vice President Kamala Harris, June 2, 2021. (Screenshot/JTA-YouTube)
Posted inReligion

White House science advisor sworn in on 1492 edition of Pirkei Avot

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA June 3, 2021
Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff participate in a virtual White House seder, March 25, 2021. (Screenshot)
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Doug Emhoff hosts the White House’s first online Passover seder

by Ron Kampeas and JTA March 26, 2021
Police use tear gas around the Capitol building where pro-Trump supporters breached the Capitol, Jan. 6, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Lev Radin-Pacific Press-LightRocket via Getty Images)
Posted inLetters

‘Totalitarian’ school renaming; Equating twerps with Nazis; Enjoy your plastic straws!

by J. Readers February 5, 2021February 5, 2021
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and husband Doug Emhoff send Hanukkah greetings in a video, Dec. 10, 2020. (Screenshot from Twitter)
Posted inU.S.

Happy Hanukkah wishes arrive from Trump, Biden, Harris — and Emhoff

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA December 11, 2020
President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris deliver remarks in Wilmington, Delaware, on Nov. 7, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Andrew Harnik-AFP via Getty Images)
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Iran, Israel, antisemitism and more: What to watch in Joe Biden’s presidency

by Ron Kampeas and JTA November 9, 2020November 11, 2020
Close up image of Biden smiling
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Joe Biden, inspired to run in shadow of Charlottesville antisemitism, wins the presidency

by Ron Kampeas and JTA November 7, 2020November 7, 2020

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